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Breakdown (G1)

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:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEBreakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ever since the invention of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], Breakdown has been convinced his pistol is out to kill him... (It really is!)]]
'''Breakdown''' has an acute case of paranoia. (What was that!?) He genuinely believes that things, both living and inanimate, are ''watching'' him. (They're all over me!) Breakdown doesn't like to stand out in a crowd. (Did you hear ''that''!?) He dreads being different and garnering attention. (Stop staring at me!) At times, he almost wishes he was a [[human]] so he could just disappear and no one would notice. (Get them off meeeee!) Needless to say, he and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (He's one of THEM!!) would be energon drinking buddies if each wasn't likely to be convinced the other was trying to poison him.

In vehicle mode, Breakdown's engine has got the shakes so hard that it can actually cause mechanical failures in other vehicles. (They're faking!) He can also rely (Ha! As if!) on his [[concussion weapon|concussion rifle]] if he gets cornered in an alley. As you'd expect, his paranoia is his worst weakness. It's such a problem that the stress can trigger mechanical problems, and it does, constantly. (Oh, yeah, I bet you'd ''love'' to claim this was "self-inflicted"!)

Breakdown can also combine (They'll never take me alive!!) with his fellow [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. As if the combiner wasn't unstable enough (It's not paranoia if they're really out to get you!!!), he's forced into working together with [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (Oh god, I have to run together with HIM?) when they form Menasor's legs.

{{bigquote|They're gawking at us! How mortifrying!|Breakdown makes a spelling mistake|"[[Masquerade]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1"), [[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1"), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "Cosmic Rust", "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1")|[[Reinhard Brock]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2"), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Masquerade"), Unknown actors (European French, "Cosmic Rust" & "Five Faces of Darkness" episodes), [[Júlio César]] (Portuguese), [[Carlos Marques]] (Portuguese, "Cosmic Rust"), [[Ricardo Schnetzer]] (Portuguese, "Masquerade"), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3")}}

[[File:Ktvs1 megs builds breakdown.jpg|left|thumb|These Snap-Tite kits are awesome!]]
After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from [[United States military]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sent to steal various [[human]] vehicles that would be rebuilt to become the new Stunticons. Breakdown was given [[Spark|life]] by [[Vector Sigma]] along with the rest of the Stunticons. He agreed to obey Megatron, but there was a certain reluctance in his voice. He probably thought Megatron was out to get him, or something. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:Breakdown.jpg|thumb|I'm Breakdown and... what the $*#@! are you looking at?!]]

Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a [[Europa 2000|fake charity race]] from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s car which would be melted down to house the powerful [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay. Afterwards, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor's face. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. Arriving incognito on a ferry, Breakdown transformed and nervously informed the human passengers that this was a mutiny...no, no a hijack! Anyway, they were taking over the boat! Breakdown forced the humans into the captain's cabin, though he actually locked them in the garage. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from [[Matter duplicator|matter-duplicating]] more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:Cosmicrust taking over this boat.jpg|left|thumb|Oh, God, People!, get away from me!]]

After [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:Masquerade as i preducted.jpg|thumb|Shouldn't the [[Red Alert (G1)|insanely paranoid]] Lambo Autobot have taken his place?]]

While assembling a new weapon capable of destroying any target by creating a chain reaction in its molecules, Megatron found himself short a few key components to finish the device. He sent the Stunticons out to retrieve those components by any means necessary. Breakdown and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] assaulted a local optics laboratory to gather new focusing lenses for the cannon's beam. On their way to the weapon's construction site, they were intercepted by a troop of Autobots. It was [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] who brought down Breakdown, setting him on fire with his arc-welder rifle by using a trail of fuel as a fuse. The Stunticons were dragged back to Autobot Headquarters for imprisonment, an experience that Breakdown considered thoroughly "mortifrying". Once brought in, the Stunticons' radios were disabled and they were trapped in vehicle mode behind energized bars. The Autobots then used camouflage paint to alter their appearances and mimic the Stunticons, hoping to get close enough to Megatron to catch him unawares. Autobot warrior [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] assumed Breakdown's appearance for the mission. After they left, however, Breakdown tried using his unique vibratory pulses to disrupt his bars and break free, and just as he "preducted", it worked! He caught his Autobot captors by surprise and blasted several of them before they could react, giving him enough time to free his fellow Stunticons and form Menasor. After a brief but memorable conflict, Menasor escaped the Ark and returned to Megatron. The cannon was rendered unusable by the Autobots' intervention, though, and Megatron's plan failed. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[File:Ffod3 squalor on chaar.jpg|left|thumb|Breakdown never did like sitting around the campfire with the other Decepticons.]]

In the wake of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in the year [[2005]] and the subsequent Decepticon exile to [[Chaar]] in 2006, the Stunticons were reduced to being scavengers, fighting like [[slaarg]]s with their fellow Decepticons over the few scraps of energon they had. Motormaster determined that the Decepticons needed strong leadership to survive, and hope came when [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] brought news of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s survival and asked for the Decepticons to donate their remaining energon to revive their leader. While Dead End was pessimistic about their survival, Breakdown said they were doomed anyway without a leader and focus. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Breakdown joined in on the attack when the Decepticons noticed [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] spying on them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} While Cyclonus and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s were recovering Galvatron, the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on Chaar with an offer of energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots. The Stunticons were instrumental in convincing the other Decepticons to ally themselves with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} After Galvatron returned to seize control of the Decepticons, the Stunticons were part of the Decepticon team attacking the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Breakdown merged with his fellow Stunticons into Menasor to take on [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] during a battle in the [[Netherlands]]. They later got their butts kicked by Rodimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when the two helped steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}} Breakdown watched as a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-possessed [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] seized command from Galvatron and joined his attack on [[Japan]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

After hearing Optimus Prime's body was being stored in [[Mark Morgan|Dr. Morgan]]'s lab, Breakdown followed Galvatron in an attack on the facility, but wound up being infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
[[File:Scramblecity breakdown forms an arm.jpg|thumb|Arm? Leg? He's the guy with the gun!]]
Breakdown and the Stunticons were summoned by Megatron to put an end to the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, and succeeded where [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] had failed. Their first strike was impressive, holding back [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and a cadre of Autobots and shooting the Aerialbots out of the skies. When the Aerialbots formed Superion, Breakdown and his teammates followed suit and merged into Menasor. During the battle, the Stunticons tried mixing it up by swapping around their usual configuration, and Breakdown became Menasor's left arm. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:Hmep3 breakdown and dragstrip.jpg|thumb|left]]
Breakdown and the Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Throttlebot]]s, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Breakdown and his team formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s quest for the Matrix. Breakdown and the Stunticons were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

When [[Vector Sigma]] began perfecting the new super-metal [[Cybertonuron]] on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. Breakdown and the Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on Breakdown's group by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Breakdown and the Stunticons were still in a firefight sometime later, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] passed by looking for [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} In [[San Francisco]], Breakdown and the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using [[buridanka|a carnivorous plant]] to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. They fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Sometime later, Breakdown and the Stunticons gathered in the desert as their Ninja Commander [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} The Stunticons remained on Earth while Scorponok took the bulk of the Decepticon forces to planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], hiding from the Autobots in the sunken continent of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]] where they mined [[crysmagnetal]]. When Scorponok returned, the Stunticons, combined as Menasor, joined in the final battle between the Autobot and Decepticons at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Zone''=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
[[Grand Scourge]] dropped in through a tear in space-time during a fight between the Autobots and Decepticons, and used his [[Matrix Breaker]] sword to disassemble Menasor with a single blow. After grappling Dead End, the dimensional intruder realized he could forcefully combine with the Stunticons. Though Breakdown attempted to flee, Grand Scourge managed to have him form the left leg of his gestalt mode. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Today Is Us Stunticons' Annual Holiday Demolition Race!}}}}

=====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''=====
Breakdown was a spectator for the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:Srlf manga breakdown.jpg|thumb|It's nice to see him happy once in a while!]]
Breakdown listened to Megatron boast about how [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] would trounce [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] once its construction was complete. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Breakdown and the Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally [[Kenji]] was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' leg components. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs while [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] took over as Bruticus' lower limbs. All four Protectobots immediately launched Menasor and Bruticus into the ocean. Breakdown was last seen chasing his "possessed" teammates into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

While posing as Autobots, Breakdown, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see Breakdown and the others were already retreating into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

Breakdown was one of the Decepticons that oversaw the conversion of a [[Battle Dog|dog]] into a Decepticon weapon. The awesome energy within the animal allowed it to escape, and Megatron was forced to send out the Combaticons in order to retrieve it. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Breakdown participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Menasor in order to battle alongside Bruticus and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Menasor and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Breakdown only appears as a component of Menasor}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Breakdown and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Motormaster's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Stunticons then merged into Menasor to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
The Decepticons constructed a new weapon to pursue their energy-plundering campaign on Earth, the [[Omega Wave Cannon]]. With the device at the ready, the Stunticons headed out to retrieve some energy from a power plant. They were met with the Aerialbots, and both teams combined into the gestalt forms. As they battled, Menasor made great use of his modular nature, having his Stunticon components swap between being arms and legs. Atop of this, Superion was crippled by the Omega Wave Cannon, giving the Decepticons the advantage. But the Autobots turned the tide of the battle by sending out massive amounts of reinforcements into the field, and the Decepticons were sent packing. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:G2Redux-Breakdownlongwayforrevenge.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75]]
Some time after the return of Cybertron's Golden Age, Breakdown was the only remaining [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]. The others were all placed in stasis after a brutal fight with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Breakdown left [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s army. His self-esteem had decreased considerably without [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to prove his value, and he feared it was only a matter of time before the volatile Decepticon leader simply did away with him. Breakdown traveled back to Earth in hopes of tracking down the last [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] for revenge, and eventually joined [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]’s Decepticon Syndicate.

In 2010, Breakdown helped Clench take control of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, where the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]] agent [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] hoped to harness the potential of the chemical [[forestonite]]. Breakdown expressed his distrust of Sky-Byte, but his views were ignored by Clench who nominated both soldiers as test subjects for the refined forestonite. Luckily for them, the new fuel worked as intended. Breakdown's vibration ability was enhanced considerably, allowing him to fire sonic booms at his enemies.

He got to try out his new powers and try for vengeance when Streetwise and his fellow Generation 2 Autobots broke in, attempting to stop Clench's plan. After throttling Streetwise for a while, Breakdown had his enemy in his grip, but when he saw the Autobot commander [[Pyro (G1)|Spark]] making a grab for the forestonite, he blasted the supply, hoping to blow it and Spark up.

Instead, the shattered canisters released forestonite gas, and exposed the Autobots to the same mutations as the Decepticons. Now granted the capability to phase through objects, Streetwise vanished from sight, psyching out the increasingly paranoid Breakdown. Eventually, he was able to sneak right up on the Decepticon. Breakdown would’ve been taken prisoner, but an explosion from outside startled Streetwise just long enough for Breakdown to transform and speed off in escape. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Many years ago on Cybertron, Breakdown existed before he was born and had joined [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in shooting at [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[File:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|left|thumb|Breakdown is the blue guy in the background.]]
''Though [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had given the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] back to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], its influence was still present in his mind. He and Prime had their minds connected to a machine, where they shared a vision of a "Second Generation" of Transformers. Breakdown was the member of the Stunticons, one of four [[Special Teams]]. In this vision, Breakdown and his fellow Stunticons combined into Menasor and fought the Autobots Superion and Defensor. But [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] were listening in on this vision, and both sides planned to make it reality.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[File:Breakdown raat compression cannon heavy traffic.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
Upon learning that the [[cerebro-shell]] implanted in Optimus Prime had also granted them access to the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], Megatron and Soundwave immediately built a team of Decepticons. The new Stunticons, which included Breakdown, were sent to find the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who had earned new trust from the Autobots by publicly saving a [[human]]. After Breakdown and the others knocked over every car in their way to get to Skids, they turned to "protect" him from the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], hoping to confuse the public and discredit the Autobots. Breakdown combined with his fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and they fought the Aerialbots' [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''The other Stunticons watched as Megatron raged at the accidentally insolent Motormaster. Breakdown looked especially concerned as Megatron seemed to have crushed Motormaster under a boulder, but Megatron had purposefully missed to teach him a lesson.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

Breakdown had traveled early with some other Decepticons to their [[Club Con|new island headquarters]], where he helped construct an energy transfer pipeline that led from the island through the [[space bridge]] to Cybertron. Megatron, meanwhile, had been attacked by [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] under secret orders from [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. When Predaking was defeated, (possibly) Breakdown found a "[[laser disk]]" inside Predaking that proved Shockwave's treachery. And then Megatron went nuts and apparently blew up himself and the Space Bridge before their eyes. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|thumb|left|Breakdown is responsible for the mints on pillows.]]
Breakdown was seen among the Decepticons on board Shockwave's island base. When it was attacked by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], Breakdown and the others traveled with the space-faring island headquarters into Earth's orbit, though Shockwave was seemingly killed in the process. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who had assumed command, organized Breakdown and the other Decepticons in a battle against the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] defended himself by throwing a moon rock at his head. But when their island ship was damaged, Ratbat called for a retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Ratbat moved their space-traveling island base back to Earth's seas, where it became a human travel resort to smokescreen the Decepticons' efforts to locate a key to finding the powerful [[Underbase]]. Breakdown was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Shortly thereafter, Ratbat's Decepticons met with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons, and tempers and suspicions came to a head between the two groups as Breakdown was helping move fuel to the island base's fission tubes. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Jazz end of the road.jpg|thumb]]
Breakdown was briefly seen at the [[Enclave]], rubbing shoulders with the various troops from Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s factions. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Later, after the factions merged, he drove into battle alongside the Stunticons and [[Battlecharger]]s when [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] led an attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Although the Autobot defense systems were down at the time, Breakdown and his comrades were still ultimately driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} On another occasion, Starscream and Soundwave learned the Autobots had a [[Irwin Spoon|human reporter]] writing a positive story about them. Fearing that good publicity among the humans would give Earthforce an edge, they sent the Stunticons to kidnap the human. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}} As Motormaster made off with the reporter, Breakdown and the Stunticons ran interference against the Autobot cars following him. After [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] transformed and got off a quick shot at their leader, Breakdown rear-ended him in the legs. The Autobot was knocked out of the fight, but so was Breakdown as he had caved in his own hood in the effort. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Ravage stunticons ark duty.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Lucky Draw Orange Stunticons]]
Breakdown and the Stunticons attacked [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] on the road in [[2003]], making an attempt to steal the plans for the upcoming [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They were successful, but the plans were a set of fakes, so they ultimately didn't gain anything. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}

In [[2008]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] were compelled by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] to make an assassination attempt on the Decepticon leader, Shockwave. They sealed the door to the audience chamber during the attack, and so Soundwave summoned the Stunticons as Menasor to break through the door. They eventually did so, and Breakdown and Dead End were about to execute the Decepticon traitors when Death's Head returned with news of Shockwave's demise. Using a series of explosives built into his hover platform as an incentive, the bounty hunter forced Soundwave and the other Decepticons to submit to their leadership. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Breakdown and the Stunticons battled the Autobots over possession of an oil refinery and its resources. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|He Who Laughs Last...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|100px|Sneering because they forgot about his snazzy new colors.]]
Breakdown was among the Decepticons rallied for war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] after [[Skullgrin]]'s death. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===The Special Teams===
Breakdown and the rest of the Stunticons were being kept a secret from the Autobots until Megatron was ready to dispatch them on a raid on the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. Once in position, the Stunticons raced forward, ready to take whatever Autobots might be guarding the location by surprise. Breakdown drove ahead of the rest of the group, scouting for an open road to their destination. Encountering the Protectobots en route, Motormaster ordered Breakdown and the other Stunticons to combine into Menasor to do battle. Dead End and Breakdown received the most damage during the fight, prompting them to send signals to their gestalt form to flee the battle. The fight soon began to weigh in the Autobots’ favour, prompting Menasor to split up into individual robots once more, who dispersed away from the battlefield. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a [[Detention Banks|prison facility]]. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} They formed into Menasor and ran amok for a while, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTFII 2 Breakdown.jpg|thumb|"I learned ''this'' from [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]!"]]
It must've been Breakdown's lucky day when [[Teletran 3]] went haywire and transported him and the Stunticons to 1930s [[Chicago]], as unlike his comrades, he stayed conscious the whole time instead of getting locked in a new vehicle mode. Breakdown decided to stay quiet, however, and let himself be used by a human criminal gang until he and the others were found by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to bring the lost Cybertronians back to the future. After overhearing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explaining what would happen to Earth if the Stunticons weren't retrieved, Breakdown revealed himself and stole [[Beachhead]]'s [[disruption unit]]s, using them to awaken Dead End, Wildrider and Drag Strip. With Motormaster absent, Breakdown led the others in a car chase across Chicago, which ended when Prime and the humans found Motormaster and sent everyone back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

[[File:ArtofWar4 Breakdown shoots Nautilator.jpg|thumb|left|WESSIDE!]]
The Stunticons were later recruited into [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s army, and Breakdown both helped capture some Autobots and G.I. Joes and attack an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the battle, he and [[Nautilator]] were assigned to guard the imprisoned Joes, and Breakdown told his fellow Decepticon how freaky it was to be on Earth and have all those fleshlings stare at you. He then decided to check up on the [[Snake-Eyes|prisoner in black]], only to hypnotized by the human's [[Arashikage]] ninja techniques and forced to gun down Nautilator. After then freeing the humans, Breakdown was released from Snake-Eyes's control and fell unconscious. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} After coming to his senses, Breakdown joined his fellow Decepticons in repelling a joint Autobot/G.I. Joe assault. Despite being backed up by powerful 'bots such as [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the Decepticons were defeated and Cybertron remained in the Autobots' control. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Breakdown joined with the other Stunticons to form Menasor and do battle with [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide manga===
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The five Stunticons confronted Ultra Magnus as he reached the end of the [[Floating City]], combining into Menasor and opening fire on the Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)#Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!|Menasor's Weak Point is His Forehead!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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[[File:Broadcast-BreakdownWildrider.jpg|left|thumb]]
Early in the war, Breakdown and Wildrider tried to take out the anti-Decepticon pirate news broadcaster, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], after [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] had revealed his location. They attacked Blaster only to be taken out by the arriving [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

After Megatron fell in battle and the powerful but unreliable Scorponok took over the cause, many Decepticons scattered rather than serve under him. Breakdown and the Stunticons became highwaymen on [[Magmara Nine]] until [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] arrived and told them Megatron was back in charge. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} Breakdown and the Stunticons participated in a massive strike on Autobot-controlled Cybertron under Megatron's command, launching the modern incarnation of the Autobot/Decepticon War. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

[[File:ForAllMankind-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|"I hated that show!"]]
Breakdown was among the Decepticons abandoned on Earth after the fall of [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. Two years later, he was so desperate for energon that he attacked a human solar power planet, looking to somehow recharge. [[Skywatch]] was dispatched to the scene, and they overpowered the Stunticon using armored [[Crash suit]]s. By attaching a mode-lock device, the Skywatch agents forcibly reverted Breakdown to vehicle mode, leaving him trapped and unable to operate himself. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]] took possession of Breakdown's car mode himself after the battle. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Breakdown was then been relegated to Spike's pimpmobile, although the human did repair the battle damage first before taking the Decepticon out on the town. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Witwicky drove Breakdown to Skywatches' headquarters to interrogate Optimus Prime, who had surrendered himself. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

After an enlightening conversation with Optimus, Spike left to drive Breakdown around to help clear his head. He asked Breakdown rhetorical questions about his feelings on the war, knowing that the [[Suppressor (device)|suppressor]] kept the captive Decepticon from being able to listen, but Spike's one-sided chat was suddenly interrupted. The other [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] had surrounded Breakdown on the road, hoping to rescue him. Reclaiming Breakdown wouldn't be easy, as Spike began unloading gunfire at them through his busted window. Despite these countermeasures, Spike was forced to abandon Breakdown by leaping out his window into a body of water when he saw the much bigger [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] heading towards him in a game of chicken.

Breakdown was returned to the construction site of a spaceship, built by an alliance between some Decepticons and a group of Autobots led by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]]. [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] spent three hours doing mysterious repairs on Breakdown, cutting into time needed to build the spaceship, a decision that had begun to rub the Autobots the wrong way. But when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and a group of deputized Autobots under [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s command arrived to arrest everyone for their illegal actions, Swindle's gambit was revealed. Breakdown had been rebuilt, like the other Stunticons, to combine into the massive [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Surprise! {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

[[File:PoliceAction1-Breakdown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Breakdown teaches Spike an important lesson in helmet safety.]]
Despite their new physical power, however, the Stunticons' combiner process was imperfect. The individual robots' personalities did not properly blend into one another to create the Menasor gestalt mind, leaving them mentally disorganized. Breakdown was heard complaining that he couldn't see anything from his position as one of the legs. The Autobots took advantage of this weakness, targeting the individual Stunticon components in sequence. Breakdown was seen surrendering to Skywatch in the aftermath. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

[[File:Stunticons The Question.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Months later, the Stunticons were freed from their captivity when Decepticons under Megatron's command returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch facility where they were held. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Around six weeks later, Breakdown ran Spike off his motorbike and attempted to kill him. Unfortunately, [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] were observing Spike as part of the Autobots' investigation into him, and they gave Breakdown a bit of a beating. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1|Police Action #1}} He returned to the other Decepticons, who were planning on joining Megatron on Cybertron via [[space bridge]], but ended up staying behind alongside the other Stunticons to destroy an intruding Bumblebee. However, Bumblebee was able to capture all five of them by sabotaging the bridge, causing a power surge that knocked them out. {{storylink|The Question}}

Losing to Bumblebee was a major blow to the Stunticons' egos and reputation. They mostly stayed off the radar when Cybertron was repopulated following the Chaos event, congregating in the Decepticon ghetto outside of New Iacon. When Swindle arrived with the [[Enigma of Combination]] to restore Menasor, however, Breakdown and the Stunticons jumped at the chance to reclaim their fame. Swindle and the Stunticons travelled through Metroplex's space bridge and stormed Caminus. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

Things quickly went downhill for the Stunticons and Menasor was summarily trounced by the similarly rebuilt Superion. The Stunticons were disassembled, sent back to Cybertron, and imprisoned. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Swindle sprang the Stunticons as part of a diversion; they formed Menasor and incited a Decepticon riot at Metroplex's space bridge. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} The Stunticons fared poorly in their second fight against the Autobot combiners, and after Menasor fell the Stunticons were put away for good. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:InvasionEpilogue-cardtable.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Aw dang we hoped they'd bump into the teal and pink one!]]
A Breakdown (in a forestonite-enhanced body) was among the many Offworlders in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

Another Breakdown, hailing from a [[The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3|universe]] where an Autobot-Decepticon alliance was fighting a group of violent techno-organic aliens known as [[Destructon]]s, was tasked by Galvatron to find the Destuctons' ancient structure known as the [[Maelstrom Fracture Obelisk]]. Eventually finding it, Breakdown was about to report its location when the Destructon known as [[Psychokhan]] attacked, piercing him with a Psychospear. The spear's mental assault combined with the power of the obelisk's [[Disentanglement Field]] to send Breakdown flinging through the multiverse. Years later, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s found his energy signature in [[unspace|transwarp]] and brought him into [[Axiom Nexus]]. The advanced Cybertronians quickly fitted him with an [[identification bolt]] and left him under constant surveillance. {{storylink|Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|TFSS Breakdown bio card}}

Breakdown was playing cards with a number of other bots in Axiom Nexus when [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Hero Prime|Hero Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Beast Prime|Beast Prime]] turned up looking for [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]]. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The [[Stunticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Stunticons]] were created by [[Megatron (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Megatron]] as an infiltration unit {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}} to challenge the Autobots' dominance of Earth's streets and highways, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Dead End's bio}} with the Decepticon leader hand-picking their alternate modes. Despite the attention Breakdown got on Earth as a bright-white sportscar amplifying his paranoia, {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Breakdown's bio}} the team were largely so enamored with their Earth-based vehicle forms that they chose to retain them upon returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Dragstrip's bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Breakdown was presumably present as part of Menasor during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:BotCon2010Promo-Breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|For some reason he has a thing about [[BotCon]].]]
*Breakdown and the rest of the Stunticons drove over a barren, rocky terrain to meet against the Aerialbots. Both teams combined, and their gestalt forms engaged in a no-holds-barred slug-fest. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Aerialbots and Stunticons|Aerialbots and Stunticons commercial}}
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] called Breakdown and [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] to him to help him brainstorm ideas for more ultimate weapons. Breakdown suggested they visit [[BotCon]] again, as it was the destination for everything Transformers-related. Also, there would be exclusive toys, special guests, and various functions and events! Little did Breakdown know that Counterpunch was a double agent, and that the Decepticons' designs for BotCon would soon be relayed to the Autobots. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:BotShots Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Okay, Breakdown, just keep it together and smile...OH GOD SOMEONE'S BEEN PLAYING ME ALL ALONG!]]
Breakdown participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Breakdowncardart.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|[[Signal Lancer (Cybertron)|Signal Lancer]] just can't catch a break.]]
Breakdown and the rest of the Stunticons were created in response to the failure of a Decepticon campaign to acquire Autobot superfuel. Realizing they needed a strong ground force, Breakdown and his kin were created by modifying Earth vehicles with Cybertronian technology, and then bringing them before Vector Sigma to be imbued with the spark of life. The Autobots brought the Aerialbots to life at the same time, and the Decepticons found themselves on the losing side until the Stunticons merged into Menasor. The Decepticons lost nonetheless, though they acquired the key to Vector Sigma as a consolation prize. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Later, Breakdown participated in a fight on Earth as the Decepticons attempted to use the power of the key to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Even though he and his fellow Stunticons merged into Menasor, the battle was still lost to the Autobots, and the Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Even [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had trouble controlling the Stunticons. The team went on a crime spree in the back alleys of human cities until they were tracked down and stopped by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his team. {{storylink|The Thin Blue Line}}

Breakdown was among [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s Decepticon troops who attacked a small group of Autobots, forcing them into hiding in the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Wildrider and Breakdown were sent to stop a convoy of Autobots from delivering a vital component to a power station to prevent it exploding. Possibly because they were the only ones crazy enough not to realize they'd be in danger if they were near the station when it exploded. They failed anyway. {{storylink|Rushdown Road}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Chef Pig#As Breakdown}}
Breakdown appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Chef Pig. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|400px|Oh no...everyone is out to get me! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! I gotta get out. I GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS GAME!!]]
Breakdown participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited by collecting 45 units of Cybermetal, and 20 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
As [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] was about to repair the ''[[Proudstar]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s damaged [[Plasma Core]], Breakdown and the other Stunticons arrived and formed Menasor in an attempt to stop the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:breakdownEarthwars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75| OH GOD!!! I WAS RIGHT!!!! MY CONSPIRACY WAS RIGHT!!!! [[Motormaster (G1)|HE'S]] COMING!!!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVEEEEES!!!!!!]]

Extremely self-conscious, almost to the extent of paranoia, Breakdown thinks everyone is not just looking at him, but staring at him, especially when he's in vehicle mode.
Sometimes, his circuits get so overloaded with worry that his engine stalls mid-drive.
Breakdown liked being on Cybertron where he fit in, but on Earth - disguise or no disguise - this scout feels he sticks out like a sore thumb. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Breakdown bio}}

Breakdown showed up through the Space Bridge sometime during the battle for the Fractal Map, but was too afraid to take part.

He had a nice "talk" with [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] when Octopunch was sulking about his loss on Aquatron. Breakdown avoided having a conversation by saying he had more important things to do, like getting his servos realigned.
{{storylink| Transformers: Earth Wars|Octopunch Research}}

Breakdown wasn't too pleased when the bragging Dragstrip arrived on Earth, but Bludgeon welcomed him, and then told Breakdown to show his "friend" where the Autobots are on the race track. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events| Race Day Mayhem}}

*'''Class:''' Gunner
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Breakdown uses a standard issue [[grenade launcher]].
*'''Ability: EMP Rocket Barrage''' - Breakdown fires off 5 rockets that disables enemy buildings for a few seconds.
*'''Cost:''' 4 ability points (was 5) +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:breakdown Breakdown at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
Breakdown was among the Decepticons defending their multiple bases against Autobot invasors. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Breakdown was a member of the Stunticons {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} and a natural-born follower: he gladly followed ‘bots like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] into battle, and had a close relationship with his partner [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]]. However, he also developed a fierce rivalry with the Autobot [[Bulkhead (G1)|Bulkhead]]. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Breakdown toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wahoo reaction, now a gucci cola sale]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, [[1986]]/[[1987]])
**''Team ID number'': '''S2'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-51'''
**''Accessories'': [[Concussion weapon|concussion rifle]], [[plasma-energy blaster]], connector
{{toydesigner|[[Kaoru Matsumoto]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/USD297039 Menasor's patent] at Google Patents.</ref>|[[Mark Watts]] (packaging artist)}}

:The original Breakdown toy transforms into an off white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]]. He comes with a blue double-barreled plasma-energy blaster that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode. In robot mode, he is armed with a small blue laser pistol. As he was designed with the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed super robot. Although the 1986 Stunticon gift set shows Breakdown as the left arm of Menasor, Breakdown's nominal placement is as Menasor's right leg.

:In early preproduction samples of the toy, Breakdown's Decepticon [[sticker]] was placed on his vehicle-mode door—but at some point, it was replaced with a [[rubsign]], which then in turn was moved to a sculpted indent on the toy's roof for the final release (the instructions ended up suggesting that the Decepticon sticker be placed on his crotch). With the rubsign taking up space on the roof, the original Countach-accurate trapezoid sculpted indent was shortened, and another red sticker was dropped from the sticker sheet—but the printed red section remains, allowing you to cut it out and apply it yourself if you wish. Breakdown's arm stickers are mirrored, leaving it up to preference which sides they should go on; sources agree that the red dots should be at the top. Finally, the small square stickers—which the instructions suggest slapping onto the front of his shins—appear to be sized for the square regions next to his knee hinges, a fact supported by early test shots of the figure; on those test shots, the red dots run down the middle, while the boxart instead suggests they should be at the top.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://tfsquareone.blogspot.com/2020/05/hasbro-g1-breakdown-hidden-sticker.html|name=Maz|site=Transformers Square One|title=Hasbro G1 Breakdown - More Hidden Stickers|year=2020|month=05|day=29}}</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/decepticon/1986/instr_breakdown.jpg Instructions for Breakdown at Botchthecrab.com]''

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*'''Menasor''' (Giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-55'''
**''Accessories'': concussion rifle, plasma-energy blaster, connector
:Breakdown was also available as part of the Menasor giftset in numerous markets, along with his teammates [[Motormaster (G1)#G1Menasor|Motormaster]], [[Dead End (G1)#G1Menasor|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#G1Menasor|Drag Strip]], and [[Wildrider (G1)#G1Menasor|Wildrider]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Menasor/menasor.htm More information on Menasor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Breakdown''' ([[1990]])
**''Accessories'': concussion rifle, plasma-energy blaster, connector
:Breakdown was rereleased without changes in 1990 as part of the [[Europe]]an/[[Australia]]n ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' reissue line.

===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you aren't teal.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Team ID number:'' '''S3'''
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, twin-barreled cannon, connector

: ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Breakdown was released as an [[exclusive]] at [[BotCon 1994]]. Its confirmed production run numbers a mere 300 specimens: 204 were available at BotCon '94, an additional 48 were given official release the following January at the 1995 Florida Extravaganza Collectibles Show, and the rest initially remained in Hasbro's possession and over the years have probably made their way into private collections. Originally, Hasbro had planned to mass-release a complete set of ''Generation 2'' Stunticons, but ultimately only Breakdown saw official release in any form. The "collect them all!" [[cross-sell]] on the back of the packaging featuring the other Stunticons was covered by a BotCon 1994 sticker.

: The toy is, of course, a [[redeco]] of the original Breakdown toy, and has the distinction of being the first [[BotCon]] toy ever.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:BreakdownBotcon.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|Cue the Miami Vice [[theme song|theme]].]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': pistol, engine block
:A [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]]ing of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]]/[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Sunstreaker]] mold, Breakdown transforms into a heavily-modified-for-legal-purposes {{w|Lamborghini Gallardo}} in his ''Generation 2'' color scheme. He uses the "Sideswipe" robot mode with the hood-chest. His pistol can be mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders, as well as combined with the removable engine assembly to form a beefier-looking weapon. The engine can also be mounted on his back as his [[jet pack]]. His [[license plate]] reads "BCFW94", as in "BotCon Fort Wayne '94", the [[BotCon 1994|very first BotCon ever]]. The toy is pinker and golder than the original BotCon toy, probably due to [[circular reporting|oversaturated TFWiki photos]]. The same issue carried through to the Kreon listed below.

:Breakdown features the hole where the light bar would screw in on ''Henkei! Henkei!'' Red Alert on the top of his car mode roof. In order to match the original release, his headlights are painted over rather than being transparent pieces like in previous uses of this mold.

:He is part of a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed five-figure box set available [[exclusive]]ly at [[BotCon 2010]], alongside [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]], [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Autobot Spark]], [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetwise]], and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]].

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei!]]''/''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Red Alert]] and the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Club]]-exclusive [[Punch (G1)#Timelines|Punch/Counterpunch]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BCBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Timelines'' G2 Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TFSS Preview Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm [[Retool|not even my own mold]]? THEY'RE ERASING MY IDENTITY!!!]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe, [[2013]])
**''TFSS1 number'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': concussion cannon, vibro-projection engine
:By popular demand, a [[redeco]] of BotCon 2010 Breakdown in his pre-[[Forestonite]] Generation 1 colors. He was the fourth figure sent out as part of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] 1.0 in 2013.

:This version of the figure seems to suffer from mold degradation; the "dramatic head reveal" function doesn't stay in place, the gun and supercharger can't stay clipped together, it's difficult for the gun to peg into the holes near Breakdown's shoulders, and his balljoints are rather loose. Just like the previous figure, his headlights are painted over.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/TFSSBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Subscription Service Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BSToy-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I can't even combine anymore!!! WHO AM I?!?]]
*'''Stunticons''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Number'': '''T010'''
***''Fist strength'': '''685'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''570'''
***''Sword strength'': '''355'''
:A redeco of the [[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Bot Shots|Roadbuster]] Bot Shot in white and blue, Breakdown automatically transforms between car and robot mode, when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was sold in a five-pack with [[Motormaster (G1)#Bot Shots|Motorbreath]], [[Dead End (G1)#Bot Shots|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Dragstrip]], and [[Wildrider (G1)#Bot Shots|Brake-Neck]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Wait, I can get eaten?! AHHHHHHHH!!!!]]
*'''Menasor''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7308'''
**''Pieces'': '''90'''
**''Accessories'': pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:"Decepticon Breakdown" is a [[Kreon]] included with the [[Menasor (G1)#Kre-O|Menasor]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from robot to either sports car or Menasor's right leg. His deco is based on the [[#Generation 1|Generation 1 Breakdown toy]], and he wears a blue [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Starscream]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kreon Breakdown.JPG|thumb|250px| AND NOW I LOOK LIKE CANDY!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!]]
*'''Kreon Breakdown''' (Kreon Souvenir Figure Set, 2014)
**''Accessories'': small pistol, double-barreled pistol
:"Kreon Breakdown" uses the same body tampograph pattern and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] build as the retail version, but his colors and [[insignia|faction symbol]] are from the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[#Generation 2|version of Breakdown]], plus he has a different face with a Constructicon helmet. His vehicle mode build also uses tampographs for extra detailing as opposed to the decals of the retail version.

:He was only available as part of a [[BotCon 2014]] ''Kre-O'' six-pack, including [[Fractyl#Kre-O|Fractyl]], [[Overlord (G1)#Kre-O|Gigatron]], [[Landshark (G1)#Kre-O|Landshark]], [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Kre-O|Rattrap]], and [[Rodimus (SG)#Kre-O|Shattered Glass Rodimus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/BCKre-OBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on BotCon Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Combiner Robot Mega Pack''' (3-pack, 2016)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''245'''
:3 years later, the 3 Micro-Changer combiners, Superion, Bruticus, and Menasor, were reissued and released as a 3-pack. The toys were unchanged from their individual releases.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Back to my old self! (But what's in it for [[Hasbro|THEM?!?]])]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
**'''4 of 5: [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'''
**''Accessories:'' sword/gun, gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Breakdown transforms from a supercar resembling a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Diablo|Lamborghini Diablo]] crossed with a Kode 0 to robot and back. As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe, he is able to form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager figure but is, of course, intended to be combined with [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#Combiner Wars|Drag Strip]], [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]], [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Offroad]], and [[Blackjack (G1)#Combiner Wars|Blackjack]] to create [[Menasor (G1)#Generations|Menasor]]. He is also officially associated with [[Galvatronus (CW)#Toys|Galvatronus]].

:The limb piece can connect on the vehicle mode's top in two different ways: either by using the 5 mm peghole arrangement most of the other Stunticons use, or through a system of tabs which incorporate the weapon closer to the vehicle, evoking the custom engines [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] had [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''for some reason'']]. The limb piece can also be stored on the robot's back, a feature also shown in the figure's [[package art]], also evoking the custom engines Sunstreaker had [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|''for some reason'']] (this can either be achieved by using the 5 mm peg, or by folding back the limb piece's palm and thumb, and using the guide-rails located on the sides of the limb piece). Breakdown's sword/gun can tab into either of the slots on the car mode's sides.

:Strangely, unlike the other Stunticons, Breakdown's limb piece is not molded in purple plastic, but instead molded in black and painted a more blue-ish shade of purple, causing it to stand out among the other Stunticon hands and feet.

:Breakdown comes with a copy of ''Combiner Wars'' #5 (actually [[The Verge|''Robots in Disguise'' #13]]). In non-U.S. releases, he comes with a collector card featuring art from the episode "[[The Thin Blue Line]]" of ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]''.

:As a part of the first and second wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Breakdown was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-combiner-wars-free-g1-sticker-sheet-with-tru-singapore/32469/ Aerialbot and Stunticon sticker promotion on Seibertron.com]</ref>

:This mold was differently [[retool]]ed each time to make [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Sunstreaker]], [[Jumpstream#Toys|Jumpstream]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Wheeljack]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ravage]], and [[Punch (G1)#Generations|Wrecker Counterpunch]]. It also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Turbo (GoBots)#Timelines|Turbo]], and was ''[[Inferno Combiner#Of Masters and Mayhem|strongly implied]]'' to be used for the ''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]'' incarnation of [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Notes|Sideswipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/CWBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generations_g2_breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|right|[[#Generation 2|This]] [[#Timelines|again...]]]]
*'''Menasor''' (Collection Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' sword, Stunticon weapons/extremities
:Breaking the cycle of being a BotCon exclusive, this Breakdown is a [[redeco]] of his ''Combiner Wars'' toy in his ''Generation 2'' color-scheme. Well, okay, technically, his color scheme is based on [http://air-hammer.deviantart.com/art/G2-Stunticons-Digibash-471989649 somebody's digibash] based on [http://cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?p=76573 somebody's hand-painted recreation] of the cancelled ''Generation 2'' toys. The tampograph on his windscreen now reads "94 RACING" as a reference to the intended 1994 release of the G2 Stunticon toys.

:This Breakdown is only available in a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed gift set of [[Menasor (G1)#CWG2|Menasor]] with [[Motormaster (G1)#CWG2|Motormaster]], [[Drag Strip (G1)#CWG2|Dragstrip]], [[Wildrider (G1)#CWG2|Brake-Neck]], [[Dead End (G1)#GenerationsG2|Dead End]] and [[Blackjack (G1)#CWG2|Blackjack]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Generation 2 Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
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[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW-02-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Ah! I look slightly more obvious! Get [[Fandom|them]] away from me!]]
*'''Menasor''' (giftset, [[August 22]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-02'''
**''Accessories:'' sword, hand/foot/gun
{{toydesigner|[[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}
:The ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' release of Breakdown is sold in a [[Menasor (G1)#Unite Warriors|Menasor]] gift set that includes the five original "Stuntrons". He has numerous changes in deco to better match his look in the Generation 1 cartoon. Oddly, the Takara version of Breakdown substitutes his regular hand/foot weapon for one identical to Drag Strip's. Whilst this means that the hands and feet can be symmetrical in combined mode (with two of the Drag Strip type and two of the Dead End type), this does mean that it doesn't clip onto his car roof like the original did, nor can it slide into the specially-molded groove in the back of his robot mode.

:This toy is also officially associated with [[Grand Scourge#Toys|Scourge Grand Prime]].
{{CWBreakdownMold}}
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===''Legacy''===
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[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the last one to be released? This is a setup, I know it!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*'''4 of 5: [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]]'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-24'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 25]], [[2023]]
:*''Accessories'': Pistol, spoiler
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref name ="Pulsecon22">[https://youtu.be/vuZHDR3ZBd8 Transformers Panel] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2022]] Day 1 on the [[Hasbro Pulse]] YouTube channel.</ref>

: The final member of the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Stunticons to be revealed, Breakdown is a retool of his teammate [[Wildrider (G1)#Legacy|Wild Rider]], with the top panels of the back of his car mode, chest and head retooled, resulting in him transforming into a combination of a Ferrari 308 and Lamborghini Countach. Breakdown includes his spoiler, which [[Partformer|must be detached]] for transformation into robot mode. The spoiler can be wielded as a boomerang-like weapon or form a sort of axe weapon when combined with Breakdown's gun. Notably, he only comes with one gun, unlike the other deluxe Stunticons, who were all packaged with two each. The said gun can be stored under the front of his vehicle mode (via an already-existing peg hole from Wild Rider's mold) or mounted onto one of the peg holes normally used for his spoiler. He retains Wild Rider's light piping, which is still painted over. Interestingly, Breakdown's feet, while reusing those of Wild Rider, have a peg hole on each foot (presumably for [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|C.O.M.B.A.T. System gimmick]]).

: This figure is not compatible with any prior systems of combination. As ''Legacy'' Menasor is designed with a specific limb configuration in mind, Breakdown is limited to being one of Menasor's legs, but unlike Dragstrip and Dead End, as the arms, he can be used for either the left or right leg.

: This figure was revealed at the Japanese [[TakaraTomy|Takara Tomy]] Hobby Expo convention, before any official reveal from Hasbro.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/09/23/takara-tomy-hobby-expo-round-up-first-look-at-legacy-wildrider-haslab-victory-saber-and-more-465825 ''Takara Tomy Hobby Expo Round Up – First Look At Legacy Wildrider, Haslab Victory Saber, Masterpiece and More!'' - TFW2005]</ref>

: While presented by Hasbro with the initial assortment for the 2023 ''Evolution'' subline, [[Hasbro]] marketing representative [[Ben MacCrae]] noted the team had gone out of their way to keep Breakdown in vanilla ''Legacy'' packaging to maintain continuity across the team for mint-in-box collectors.<ref name = "Pulsecon22"/> This didn't entirely extend to his [[instructions]], though: Early production runs featured the ''Evolution'' branding and color scheme, and also made no mention of the Menasor leg mode whatsoever, but a [[variant#Running changes|running change variant]] saw the instructions changed to the vanilla ''Legacy'' branding and color scheme, with the Menasor leg mode for Breakdown added as well. But if you're a MISB collector, it's not like you're going to be seeing those instructions ''anyway'', so...

: Due to the figure's somewhat questionable distribution, Breakdown is notoriously hard to find at retail, forcing many fans to import him elsewhere.

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[[File:TF-Legacy-ToyDeco-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|THEY'RE GONNA TAKE OFF MY HEAD!!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Stunticon Menasor''' (Giftset, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Stunticon Menastor''' (スタンティコンメナソー)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TL-90'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[2025]] [[March 29]]
:*''Accessories'': Pistol, spoiler, alternate head
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}, [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)

: A redeco and minor retool of the above ''Legacy'' figure. Breakdown is based on the original 1986 Generation 1 toy's deco and decals, and features a brand new head that more closely resembles the one of the original toy… even though ''none'' of the other Stunticons were given alternate heads. The original head featured on the individual release is packaged with the accessories.

: Breakdown was released in a giftset with the other ''Legacy'' Stunticons, each done in a toy-accurate deco. This set was revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2023, and went up for preorder as a [[Hasbro Pulse]] exclusive on [[August 1]].

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[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Class-G2-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This is the correct color scheme, right? ''...RIGHT?!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''G2 Universe Breakdown''' (Deluxe Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pistol, spoiler
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the fifth and final wave of ''Legacy: United'' Deluxes, "G2 Universe Breakdown" is another redeco of the above ''Legacy'' figure, this time in the teal, silver, and (albeit darker) purple of the original ''Generation 2'' toy. This time, he ''only'' comes with the toy-based head.

: This iteration replicates the hood deco faithfully (including leaving out a rectangle of black paint that also wasn't there on the source material because of a transformation hinge), but does regrettably omit the roof and door's tampographed details.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C_9QyrLMbuz/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' G2 Universe Breakdown from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W2Breakdown.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Breakdown, Paranoid Scout''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T13/T46'''
**''Stars: ''5
:Breakdown, Paranoid Scout was released as part of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]] Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Breakdown, Paranoid Scout is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Breakdown, Paranoid Scout depicts [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor's]] left arm, which is formed by Breakdown in the artwork.

:The artwork for Bot and Alt Mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, and is based on the 2013 [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service]] 1.0 Breakdown figure.

:Breakdown, Paranoid Scout can be used to form Menasor, Menacing Colossus with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Stunticon Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Stunticons are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Superion and Menasor.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Superion & Menasor Set''' ([[February 6]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''37 & 38'''

:Released as part of the sixth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (with his components [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]) and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (with ''his'' components [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], Breakdown, [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#38|Translation of Menasor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G2Breakdown toy.jpg|thumb|So what if he can't transform? He doesn't have to link up to that jerk Motormaster ever again!]]
*An unofficial [[Action Master]] ''Generation 2'' Breakdown was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2004]], created from bootlegged Action Master [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] parts. Though this wiki does not normally list unofficial items, this one is put here simply to reinforce that even though it is a [[BotCon]] toy, it was from the first year that BotCon was unofficial, and the toy is not [[Hasbro]]-approved either. Thank you, won't we?
*Despite popular belief, Breakdown's eyes in the Generation 1 cartoon are purple, not yellow. However, the shade of lavender used for said eyes causes an optical illusion when placed next to the dark red of his face, making them look yellow. This misconception has since gone on to influence practically every single future version of the character ever, including all of his fictional appearances, official illustrations, and toy releases.
*In the ''[[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Decepticons]]'' game based on the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]], an unlocked alternate mode called "Scout" is a [[homage]] to Breakdown.
*''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]'s vehicle mode deco homages Breakdown's Generation 1 form. [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]] of the same franchise is another homage.
*Breakdown's depiction in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' comic is based upon ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s design sans roof. Since you can remove that mold's roof without tools, you can mistransform the Subscription Service figure mentioned above to match this portrayal.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Breakdown''' (ブレークダウン ''Burēkudaun'', ブレイクダウン ''Bureikudaun'')
*''French:'' '''Panicon''' (Canada, 1986 release), '''Optique''' (Canada, 1990 "Classic" version)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vibrátor''' ("Vibrator")
*''Italian:'' '''Caimano''' ("Caiman")
*''Korean:'' '''Breakdown''' (브레이크다운 ''Beuleikeudaun'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pāo-máo''' (Taiwan, 拋錨, "Reject Anchor"), '''Dǎjí''' (China, 打击, "Strike")
*''Russian:'' '''Krushitel''' (Крушитель, "Crasher")
*''Polish:'' '''Rębacz''' ("Hewer" "Cutter") ("Masquerade"), '''Psuj''' ("Spoiler") (Marvel comics)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:G2BreakdownArt.jpg|''Generation 2'' packaging art
File:BotCon-2010-Breakdown-profile art.jpg|BotCon 2010 ''Wings Universe'' profile art
File:RID13 cvrHAS.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scouts]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Brainstorm (G1)

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:''Brainstorm is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and one of the most <s>famous</s> notorious inventors from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Brainstormg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If a job's worth doing, it's worth OVERDOING!]]
'''Brainstorm''' (aka '''Genitus'''<ref name="genitus">"Genitus" was Brainstorm's original name in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. First alluded to in ''[[The Reluctant Specialist|Spotlight: Trailcutter]]'' when [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] clarified that "Brainstorm" was essentially just a "nickname", it was eventually revealed in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|#40]] to be "Genitus of Operation: Solar Storm".</ref> and '''Charon'''<ref name="charon">"Charon" was a subsitute name for the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Brainstorm toy from the "Titan Force" three-pack, which only affected the official Hasbro-approved United Kingdom release of the set through A1 Toys, via an applied sticker featuring the new name covering up the name "Brainstorm", because the latter was already [[trademark]]ed by an actual toy company named "Brainstorm" in the UK. The United States [[Hasbro Toy Shop]]/[[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016 exclusive release and the Canadian and Asian market releases of the set didn't require a stickered up name, and just called the toy "Brainstorm" as originally intended.</ref>) is a never-ending font of ideas. Whether he's in the middle of a battle or consciously working on another of his projects, new ideas are the background noise of his mind, sometimes to such an extent that his brain will overheat. In his zeal to see these ideas realized, Brainstorm sometimes forgets about things like "basic safety" and "proper experimental procedure". He will happily hand out new and untested inventions to less-than-responsible comrades for field-testing. His inventions range from useful biotechnology, to [[Metafictional bomb|outlandish anti-personnel weaponry]], to [[Time case|devices that harness the bizarre and unthinkable]].

Brainstorm is at least partly responsible for developing the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] process. It's sometimes hard to tell how much of it was his doing and how much was his Headmaster partner [[Arcana]]'s, the two work together so seamlessly.

{{quote|What percentage of your ''massive'' processor space would you say you're currently allocating for us - your fellow ''Autobots''?|quote2=Mmm... 2%... 3% if you include this actual face time, that is, ''Tracks''.|[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and Brainstorm|''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]''|}}

{{note|Brainstorm was quite different in Japan's [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' animated series]]. See below for details.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his troops aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] went missing, Brainstorm was one of several under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Their faction was mired in a seemingly endless war with a band of [[Decepticon]]s led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], in a struggle so pointless and self-perpetuating that Fortress Maximus decided to leave [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and its war and settle on the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]]. Brainstorm followed Fortress Maximus' lead, building the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' and departing their war-torn home.

[[File:BrokenGlass BrainstormAttacksScorponok.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|]]
It would not be so easy. The [[Nebulan]]s were xenophobic towards the strange robots which invaded their world, and after several missteps in communication, Fortress Maximus, Brainstorm, and a handful of others surrendered their heads as hopeful proof of their benevolence and compliance. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

When the Decepticons arrived on Nebulos, Fortress Maximus and Brainstorm's heads convinced [[Galen]] to attempt the creation of hybrid warriors through a bio-mechanical engineering process. An experimental surgeon named [[Arcana]] constructed the necessary equipment based on the Autobots' theories and underwent the process himself along with several other Nebulans, [[binary bonding]] with Brainstorm. Together, the Autobots and their Nebulan partners were able to force the aggressors into a retreat, with Brainstorm and Arcana taking on Scorponok himself during the skirmish. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}} ''During his recollection of this battle, [[Stylor]] pointed out that Arcana and Brainstorm had been especially effective thanks to their amazing speed.'' {{storylink|Stylor's Story}}

[[File:Brainstormworldsapart.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Brainstorm would rather fight and die than live with the knowledge that he ran.]]
''During an adventure that happened at some unspecified point that was logically impossible given the circumstances, Brainstorm and the other Autobot Headmasters fought the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] while the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] were held captive by the Decepticons. Mindwipe hypnotized Brainstorm, causing him to crash into [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], but the others were able to pick up the slack and overcome the enemy. Despite the victory coming a bit too easily, Brainstorm insisted they press on, as the Autobot Targetmasters were being held as Decepticon prisoners. The four attacked the Decepticons' [[Fortress of Despair]] where Brainstorm quickly located the captive Autobots, only to be ambushed by Scorponok and more of his lackeys. The Autobots learned that the Decepticons had thrown the earlier fight to lure them into Scorponok's trap; he was having trouble replicating the Headmaster process, and he planed to dissect them to work out its finer intricacies. Though overwhelmed at first, the Headmasters managed to free their brethren, bolstering their numbers. Because the Autobots learned to work together with their new Nebulan partners, they were able to send Scorponok fleeing.'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

The Decepticons continued to sow destruction across the globe, and next attacked the city-resort of [[Splendora]]. Brainstorm and Hardhead assisted the Technobots in defeating both the Terrorcons and Horrorcons there, though Splendora lay in ruins in the battle's aftermath. Following this pyrrhic victory, the Autobots came under heavy scrutiny from the Nebulan authorities. While Arcana and the others met with representatives from Nebulos's Council of Peers, they received a message alerting them that [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]] was among a group taken captive by the Decepticons. The Headmasters once more sped off to meet the Decepticons in battle and rescue their captives. Upon their arrival however, the Autobots realized that the "captives" had allied themselves with Scorponok, forming a new team of evil Headmasters! In the battle that ensued, Brainstorm was defeated by a shot to the chest. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} The new Headmasters managed to drive off the Decepticons, but also inadvertently created a new "arms race", as the Decepticons later created Headmasters of their own, and both sides also implemented Targetmaster warriors as well. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''Fortress Maximus once made a vid-phone call to Brainstorm and Arcana's workshop, and the two eggheads managed to invent a new, smaller, and more efficient vid-phone between the conversation's beginning and its end. They later worked together to design a fuel convertor to get the Autobots to Earth aboard ''Steelhaven''. However, this device was stolen through Decepticon trickery.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

{{note|The events in this UK story differ in significant ways to the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]] mini-series.}}

Fearing things could only get worse for Nebulos, Fortress Maximus and Galen took the excuse of an intercepted distress signal from Earth to abandon Nebulos and prevent the war from causing any further harm to the planet. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:Brainstormtrialbyfire.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's green, dammit! Green!]]
On the way to Earth, Brainstorm and Chromedome worked together to re-engineer Fortress Maximus to be larger and stronger than ever before. Their leader now a veritable war machine, Brainstorm put Galen through the paces of testing out his new form. Then, he and Arcana managed to triangulate the Autobot signal to [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Meeting up with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] there (who's mind had been transplanted into a [[Toy Soldiers!|toy car]]) and learning from him that his human friend had been captured by the Decepticons, Brainstorm suggested they rescue the "Earthen." But Maximus was eager to instead continue seeking out their fellow Autobots. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], the aforementioned human's older brother, emerged from a hiding spot, and implored the Autobots to help in finding his [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|younger sibling]]. Despite refusing him outright at first, Maximus fought to defend the boy from the Decepticons when they too arrived on Earth. This led to the death of Galen, and Spike taking over as controller of Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

As the ''Steelhaven'' orbited the Earth, Brainstorm was kept busy building [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] a new body and repairing the injured Fortress Maximus. Goldbug was completed first, and so Brainstorm advised him to head out into the field when the Autobots intercepted a call made on behalf of "Optimus Prime," the legendary Autobot leader long-thought dead. Goldbug reported more than just making contact with Optimus: he also beamed back data from the Decepticons' genetics lab, detailing how to create [[Pretender]] warriors. Brainstorm enlisted six volunteers to undergo the process, and with them created the Autobot Pretenders. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} Unfortunately, Brainstorm's projects used up most of the group's available resources and prevented the proper recreation of Optimus Prime. The project proceeded despite Brainstorm's accurate warnings of failure. Afterwards, Maximus's crew made contact with another team of Autobots, under the leadership of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. The latter proved to be overtly hostile and eager to defend his position as supreme leader of the Autobots. Brainstorm was forced to watch as the cruel [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] took [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] prisoner, seeing as the little 'bot was considered a fugitive from his forces. But a challenger soon arose to contest Grimlock's position, and Brainstorm was audience to Blaster battling the Dinobot on the surface of the Earth's moon. The proceedings were interrupted by a Decepticon attack, which convinced the two duelists to momentarily put their differences aside to lead the troops together, allowing the Autobots to send [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces into a retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:Tastybrainstorm.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Can Unicron detect how much cinnamon is packed into every bite of Brainstorm?]]
''Brainstorm was displaced to [[Limbo]] along with a handful of other Autobots when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] traveled to the past with a group of Autobots of his own.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}} Later, he was one of the victims of a rogue Autobot [[Guardian (Marvel)|Mark V Guardian droid]], which resulted in him being thrown from the Ark and landing at the feet of Optimus Prime. Brainstorm's flaming body helped contribute to the Autobot leader regaining his desire to fight. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Brainstorm was killed when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] ravaged Cybertron in [[1991]]. Even Brainstorm's vast intellect failed him when confronted with the devil himself, so he simply screamed and shot desperately until Unicron scooped him up and ate him. By Unicron's own admission, Brainstorm was quite tasty. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Brainstorm project lazarus loose ends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"I've been asleep ''how long''?! Why did I even invent the alarm clock if no one's going to ''freaking set it''?!"]]
Twenty-one years after the death of Arcana and destruction of Brainstorm's original body, Nebulos had signed an [[Interplanetary Trade Treaty]] with Cybertron, which included [[Project Lazarus]]—a project to build new bodies for the original heads of the now-deceased Headmasters. Grimlock reviewed transmissions in which Senior Scientist [[Borx]] explained that the initial attempts had led to extreme pain and complete rejection of the new bodies, including footage of a disastrous attempt at integrating Brainstorm's head with a new body, until data from Zarak's old files improved the process. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

[[File:Autobot headmasters natural selecton.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"They took off my faceplate and painted me blue."]]
However, this "unauthorised" decryption awakened the original head of Scorponok. Aided by knowledge gleaned from his binary bond with the deceased Zarak, he was able to enslave the Nebulans, complete Project Lazarus, and have them build a "mint replica of [his] original body". {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} With the aid of Grimlock's [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]-soaked [[CNA]], who he had captured while seeking a new body for himself and the other Nucleon victims, he completed another project—to create a "[[Gene Key]]" which could mute the consciences of Autobots, turning them into "Decepticons". The rebuilt Brainstorm—whose faceplate had apparently been forcibly removed, leaving a discolored lower face—was one of the three subjects he demonstrated this on, along with [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and as soon as they were freed, they proceeded to attack Grimlock for wearing an Autobot symbol. After Brainstorm had been chucked around a bit by Grimlock, Scorponok stopped them, as Grimlock was now working for him under blackmail anyway. They proceeded to travel to Cybertron to begin converting the populace into Decepticons. As soon as they landed at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Civil Defense Hub]], the twisted Autobots shot the shocked [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] in the face. Leaving him for dead, they then marched in and began killing [[Cybertronian Civil Defense|Civil Defense Force]] members until the coast was clear for Scorponok. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}

[[File:Autobot headmasters destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
Later, he stormed through Iacon, turning Autobots with the Gene Key, blindsiding [[Overdrive]] amongst others. As the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibot]] roared away, eager to cause chaos, Brainstorm turned on Grimlock, who had been wandering the city searching for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], telling him that Scorponok had ordered him back to the Civil Defense Hub and escorting him there. Scorponok sought to assure himself of the Dinobot's loyalty, and so ordered Grimlock to execute [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], who was immune to the key's effect, while the others looked on. Ultimately, Grimlock found himself unable to go through with the deed. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} Grimlock escaped, but was soon found again, now accompanied by the other Dinobots at the Nursery. Brainstorm, [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] readied to execute them, but on their arrival, Grimlock shot open the containment capsule holding [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. With his temperature spiking to dangerous levels, owing to his Nucleon exposure, Inferno begged them to get clear to no avail—as Grimlock intended, the resulting blast incapacitated Brainstorm and the two Decepticons. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Ultimately, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] corrupted Scorponok's "master" Gene Key, intended to convert holdouts across the whole planet, and all the affected were converted back into "Autobots", including Brainstorm. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} Though they wouldn't have been held accountable for their actions while altered by the Gene Key, the three former Headmasters turned themselves in to be tried as war criminals, unable to live with the thought of what they were capable of. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Despite this, Brainstorm and the others stepped forward to defend Cybertron when Bludgeon and the Warworld attacked. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}}

Brainstorm later took part in the assault on Jhiaxus's [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]] but was then captured and held at the [[Corral]], and later executed along with [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] when Rodimus couldn't call off the Wreckers. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Hiroshi Naka]] (Japanese)|[[Francis Lax]] (European French)}}
[[File:Brainstormspike.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Okay, we'll become Headmasters, but you gotta take the old man."]]Brainstorm was first seen on Cybertron, touting his new theory that an integration of human and Autobot would dramatically enhance their fighting abilities. Most of the other Autobots, though, thought he was a crackpot. Things turned around when he and a group of Autobots met a band of freedom fighters while stranded on the planet Nebulos. With several comrades kidnapped and the safety of the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] in jeopardy, the Autobots arranged to bond with the Nebulan soldiers. Their heads were reconstructed to accommodate Nebulan passengers and then "transform" around their partners as personal battle armor. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[File:Brainstormrebirthvehicle.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Uh, Arcana, he has a cockpit.]]
With the help of their partners, the Autobot Headmasters freed their comrades and drove off the Decepticons. Unfortunately, their foes then joined forces with the freedom fighters' enemies, a group of evil machinesmiths called the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. Along with recreating the same Headmaster process performed by the Autobots, they also created a new form of binary bonding called Targetmasters. The revitalized Decepticons returned and engaged the Autobots in battle anew, resulting in an enraged Brainstorm declaring his intent to sue them for stealing his idea. [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] detected the key on Brainstorm and managed to disarm him. Several Hive agents then swarmed Brainstorm and removed the key from him, but he was able to run a full spectrum exo-scan on [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]], one of the Targetmaster partners, before they got away. With that information, Brainstorm was able to recreate the Targetmaster process for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Returning to Cybertron in pursuit of the key and the new Decepticon city-base, Scorponok, Brainstorm and the others joined forces with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and their partners were instrumental in reversing the chamber's power to usher in a new [[Golden Age]] for Cybertron. In the aftermath, Brainstorm and the Headmasters returned to Nebulos to clear out the Hive's machines and restore the planet to peace and prosperity. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:FlashForward3-Headmasters.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Brainstorm has a crippling fear of cows.]]
Following [[Hi-Q]]'s kidnapping, Brainstorm turned out with Highbrow, [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and Chromedome to brief [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s team. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, "Brainstorm" is the name for the combined small head-robot and [[transtector]] body. When separated from the large, lifeless robot body, the head unit is called '''Cana'''.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub), [[Davide Garbolino]] (Italian, some episodes), [[Mikhail Chernyak]] (Russian)}}
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Four million years ago, Brainstorm was one of a number of [[Cyberdroid|small Cybertronians]] who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in search of a new home. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} they ended up crashlanding on [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world with harsh weather conditions and a hostile environment, forcing them to rapidly advance in technology to survive. Brainstorm was among those to become a Headmaster, mastering the art of [[transformation|transforming]] so he could take control of a [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Unfortunately once they'd succeeded, a number of the Headmasters broke away from [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s leadership under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[File:HM3 Brainstorm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"What do you mean 'shouldn't you have a mouthplate?'?"]]
In the year 2011, when Galvatron launched his latest attack on Cybertron with the added power of his new Decepticon Headmasters, Brainstorm and his fellow Autobot Headmasters traveled to the planet to help their comrades defend their homeworld. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} On arrival, they set about fighting the Decepticons. Brainstorm and Chromedome were able to overcome [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], despite the Decepticon's powers of hypnotism. Following the battle's conclusion, they traveled to [[Athenia]] on board Battleship Maximus to join the Autobot forces there. Though they volunteered to accompany [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to [[Earth]] to help search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], he insisted on sidelining them. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} After [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]'s death, the Headmasters joined Hot Rod anyway and helped him search. When they came under attack from [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], they were able to hold the Decepticon off long enough for Hot Rod to dig up the Matrix. They accompanied him back to Cybertron, where Hot Rod once more became Rodimus Prime, but they failed to stabilize [[Vector Sigma]], and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was forced to do it himself by sacrificing his life. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When the Decepticons created the [[Madmachine]], the four Headmasters were ready to storm over to [[Chaar]] and destroy it, but Rodimus intended instead to send the [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Cassettes]]. When the Cassettes refused the mission, Brainstorm blocked their way, wanting to know what their problem was. Daniel pointed out they were still upset about Blaster's death, however Fortress resurrected Blaster as Twincast. While Twincast went to Earth, the Headmasters were sent to Cybertron and helped [[Throttlebot]]s to destroy the Madmachine. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} While on patrol in Battleship Maximus, the Headmasters encountered two [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]], leading them to travel to planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] to thwart a Decepticon invasion. {{Storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} After failing to destroy a [[Metamorphose|strange meteor]], they aided the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s in a fight against Decepticons. Partway through, they were called back to Athenia so they could accompany Daniel on a mission to destroy the meteor, and Brainstorm and his fellows kept [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s men busy while Daniel completed said mission. {{Storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:HM8 Highbrow and Brainstorm sitting around.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"Brainstorm, it's okay. The cow can't hurt you." "No! Keep that thing away from me!"]]
The Headmasters were sent to [[Praum]] to investigate reports of a Decepticon attack. On arrival, they found the base had been devastated and the occupants apparently destroyed, moving Brainstorm to make the sign of the cross. It turned out to be a trap set by Scorponok, but the five Headmasters remembered their struggles back on Master and swapped Transtectors in order to escape. Brainstorm made great use of [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]'s Transtector during the ensuing battle against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} While investigating a mysterious blackmailer, the Headmasters checked out the [[Statue of Liberty]]. They arrived in [[London]] with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], only to find the Decepticons had leveled the place. They similarly arrived back in [[New York City|New York]] too late, though Brainstorm spotted [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. They later aided the [[Trainbot]]s in catching up with and defeating [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], whom they'd encountered before on Master. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

The Headmasters continued to train, Brainstorm by lifting weights. When Decepticons were reported to be heading for Earth, he opted to remain on Athenia, and later traveled to Cybertron with Fortress when the Decepticons mounted an all-out attack on the planet. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} When the Decepticon Headmasters split mid-battle, Brainstorm figured they were up to something, and they eventually discovered the Decepticons were heading for Vector Sigma and gave pursuit. Unfortunately, they failed to stop the Decepticons destroying Cybertron. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:HM12 Brainstorm vehicle mode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3]]
During the launch of the [[Sol 1]] satellite, the Headmasters defended [[Sol System Center|the launch pad]]. Brainstorm took to the air to try and chase off Cyclonus and Scourge. They succeeded in launching the satellite, but when the Decepticons made another play for it, Sixshot kept the Autobot Headmasters busy. Brainstorm was ready to charge over to Chaar to get Sol 1 back, but Fortress had a better idea where it was. The Headmasters found the satellite near [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]], but were forced to destroy it to keep it out of Decepticon hands. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

The Headmasters went to Earth to assist when a Peruvian volcano erupted. While fighting [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and the Decepticon Headmasters, Brainstorm used his whirlwind attack to draw hot ash from an ash cloud and blast the Decepticons with it. He also assisted during the evacuation of the village of [[Pan]] by rescuing [[Pipiro]]'s donkey, [[Koro]]. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} When they attacked a [[buridanka]] plant on Earth, Brainstorm boldly threw himself into one of the plant's mouths. The rest of the fight didn't go much better, and the Headmasters found themselves in danger of termination until Fortress broke out the [[Master Sword]] and cut the thing to shreds. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

When reports came in of the Decepticons being up to something on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Brainstorm and the other Headmasters traveled there in [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. After tangling with Predaking they rescued Daniel and found out that the Decepticons were planning to blow the entire planet up. Interrogating the Decepticons led them to a crater which naturally turned out to be a trap. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Both Brainstorm and Highbrow were injured enough that they had to undergo extensive repairs. They finally returned to the fight to save Mars in time to witness MegaZarak's arrival, and Brainstorm's jet mode was swatted out of the air by the titan. As Mars exploded, the four Headmasters joined Fortress aboard Maximus, and they were able to escape the planet thanks to the explosions recharging Maximus' power. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:HM17 Brainstorm works on transtector.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|"Hey, listen up down there. That thing is called a 'cockpit'. Not a bathroom."]]
Brainstorm offered the opinion that a UFO Daniel saw might be aliens. He and the other Headmasters patrolled space near Chaar and came under attack from MegaZarak, but escaped thanks to another appearance by the mystery UFO. It wasn't until the Autobots gatecrashed Scorponok's coronation ceremony that the UFO was revealed to be the returned Galvatron, and they had to retreat. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} After an SOS was received from [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], the Headmasters prepared to take a shipment of energy to that world. The Decepticons set out to stop them, but Brainstorm and Highbrow kept them busy while Chromedome and Hardhead sneaked ahead with the energy. The Autobots arrived on Sandra in time to fight off the incoming Decepticons. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

As part of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]'s plan to negotiate with the Decepticon, the four Headmasters accompanied him to [[Shangri-La Island]] on Earth as an escort. When the Galvatron who met with Spike turned out to be an impostor, Brainstorm and the others rescued [[Carly]] and Daniel before attacking the Decepticons. During the escape, Sixshot destroyed the [[space bridge]] network, and the Autobots set out in pursuit in Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} When the Decepticons invaded [[Hive (planet)|Hive]], the Autobots attempted to go help, but were stopped by the Hive ships which opened fire on Maximus. Even Chromedome, Hardhead and Brainstorm going out to try to reason with them failed, and the trio returned to the ship. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

[[File:HM20 Brainstorm closeup.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Black Mesa can eat my bankrupt-"]]
As Maximus neared the [[Twin Star]] system, Brainstorm got the other riled up by claiming battle was about brain over brawn. He volunteered to accompany Daniel, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to the planet of Toruin while the others fought the Decepticons on Spherity. The four of them weren't on the barren planet for long before they stumbled on an underground city—the inhabitants of Spherity were using the planet as a refuge. Brainstorm returned to the battle on Spherity, using a head swap technique with the other Headmasters so he could reach Fortress and deliver the news that Spherity was an empty world. He later apologized to the other Headmasters for his earlier comments about warfare. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}

An SOS led the Headmasters to the planet [[Daros]] where they fought the Decepticons again and overthrew the corrupt government. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} Brainstorm noticed that Battleship Maximus' weapons systems were malfunctioning and had Chromedome and Hardhead go to fix them. When Highbrow was captured by the Decepticons on the planet of [[Paradise]], the three other Headmasters were forced to go rescue him. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

[[File:HM26 Brainstorm shocked.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"There was ''cow meat'' in [[BBQ Double Stackticon|that burger]]? Oh god, I've been contaminated! SOMEBODY GET ME SOAP! I HAVE TO CLEANSE MYSELF!"]]
Brainstorm was keen to take the fight to the Decepticons before their foe could return to Chaar. The Headmasters took part in a battle on the [[Pirate Planet]], though there turned out to be no energy there. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} As the Decepticons returned to Chaar, the Autobot Headmasters returned to Athenia. They traveled to Earth to try to stem a Decepticon attack, but were too late to prevent [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s death at the hands of Sixshot. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

The Decepticons began striking at points across the Earth, but the Headmasters followed Galvatron to [[Alaska]], where they were able to use information passed on by Punch to defeat Galvatron, trapping him beneath the ice. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} New information pointed to the Decepticons trying to destroy Earth altogether. As Chromedome had become consumed with guilt over endangering Spike, Brainstorm was put in temporary charge of the Headmasters and sent to the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] with Hardhead and Highbrow. They didn't fare well against the Decepticons there until Chromedome successfully completed Highbrow's research and arrived with the knowledge of MegaZarak's weak spot. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

[[File:HM29 Brainstorm transform dash!.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Sure, he thinks it's funny to use the ejector seat on Arcana ''now'', but he'll regret it when he tries to transform and realizes he has no head.]]
With Earth largely abandoned by the Decepticons, the Autobot Headmasters set about finding the bombs they'd planted. Brainstorm and Highbrow retrieved a bomb from a mine and returned it to Battleship Maximus. During the disposal of the bombs in space, an accident created the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] from a group of refugees from Master and some Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Brainstorm and Highbrow carried [[Pointblank]] back to the ship, though the newcomer dismissed their combat skills. Warned by the refugees, the Headmasters returned to their home world and fought the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

After the Decepticons ransomed Wheelie for information on the Master Sword, Brainstorm and the other Autobots were unsuccessful in keeping said information out of the Decepticons' hands, even after Wheelie was rescued. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} The Headmasters worked on finding Scorponok by searching for unique energy wavelengths and even found the cavern where he was constructing the [[Zarak Shield]], but were too late to prevent its completion. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Brainstorm went along with Chromedome's plan to rally the residents of Master against the Decepticons, but it went horribly wrong when Scorponok popped up in the middle of the city and defeated Fortress Maximus in combat. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

The Headmasters traced Daniel to planet [[Daira]] after he became separated from the ship, and were surprised to find he'd been looked after by Sixshot. {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} When Sixshot challenged Chromedome to a duel and the other Headmasters failed to talk their friend out of it, Brainstorm offered to be Chromedome's second and got a punch in the mouth for his troubles. They were reluctant to let him go alone, but when it turned out the whole thing was a diversion while the other Decepticons headed for Earth, they had no choice but to let him go it alone. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

The Autobots hurried back to Earth, where the Decepticons were busy erecting [[Death Tower]]s. When they learned that Spike and Carly's plane had crashed in the [[Andes Mountains|Andes]], the four Headmasters went there with Daniel and Wheelie to rescue them. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} On their way to [[Egypt]] to deal with another Death Tower, the four Headmasters had to contend with Mindwipe, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf, though the trio didn't present much of a threat in the end. After failing to stop the Death Tower from rising, the Autobots' entire army went to the [[Arctic|North Pole]] where they faced the Decepticons in a final battle to save Earth. As Fortress Maximus was caught in the energies preparing to tear the planet apart, Brainstorm and the other three Headmasters attempted a Head Formation to give him more power. It was only when the other Autobots joined in that they succeeded, and the Decepticons' satellite was destroyed. With the Decepticons having fled into space, the Autobots left Earth to pursue them. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Archive footage of a battle in space involving Brainstorm was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
Brainstorm and his comrades' involvement in Galvatron's defeat and icy entombment was recounted. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:LegendsManga BonusEdition9 BrainstormAndRattle.jpg|right|thumb]]

In one of [[Rattrap (BW)#Transformers Legends comic|Rattrap]]'s dreams wrought about by his size complex, he was sent into another dimension and met Cana, Brainstorm's head stage, who yelled at him to never feel bad about his small stature. He told the [[Maximal]] that anyone can grow bigger and stronger with practice, using his [[transtector]] as an example, then combined with it into Brainstorm and shared the story of how he and his compatriots ended up on [[Master (planet)|Master]]. His point was that despite their size and deadliness of the planet, they didn't just lay down and die, but fought back and became stronger—strong enough that Brainstorm could even defeat [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]. When Rattrap woke up, Brainstorm's final words to keep training and never give up inspired him to go jogging. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 9|Bonus Edition Vol. 9}}

[[File:LegendsManga BonusEdition39 BrainstormAndRattle.jpg|left|thumb]]

Brainstorm was asked by Rattrap why he looked different from the old days, and he confirmed he'd trained hard and acquired a new version of his transtector. This bothered [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], who found it unfair that out of all the Headmasters, only ''he'' got an upgrade. Cana later woke up with his Transtector missing, only to find Rattrap had stolen it and was smugly claiming he too "trained hard" to get a bigger body. When Rattrap refused to return it, telling the Headmaster to just get a new one, an angry Cana combined with the body anyway, causing its flip-down [[Tech Spec]] to trap the rat. {{storylink|Transformers 2015 Brainstorm Chapter|Brainstorm Chapter}}

Puzzled over how Rattrap's presence had powered him up enough to take out MegaZarak alone, Brainstorm began researching the phenomenon at the transtector factory in [[G Nebula 89]], which led to the development of [[Getmaster]] technology. While putting the finishing touches on a third new body for himself that was both a Headmaster and Getmaster, he was again visited by Rattrap through his dreams and shared with him the good news. When [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] attacked the factory, Brainstorm invited Rattrap to power him up like last time, and just like before the rat's [[Beast Power]] granted him the strength to defeat their foe. Brainstorm then traveled to the Legends Universe, where he was happily reunited with Rattrap and joined the [[Axalon Trading Company|Autobot Axalon Trading Company]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 39|Bonus Edition Vol. 39}}

One day, Brainstorm, Chromedome and Hardhead were attacked by three look-a-likes of themselves who locked them in their transtectors, explaining that they were battling [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] and needed robotic bodies to form heads for. The Headmasters agreed to help by controlling the transtectors from their cockpits, and Brainstorm let his counterpart [[Arcana]] form its head during the battle with Zarak. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}} He later helped with the construction of a new [[Godbomber]]. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} When [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] and the [[Dimensional Patrol]] locked down everyone's transtectors, the Autobots resisted and took down some of his [[Black Convoy Mass Production Type Drone|drones]], which they then modified transtectors so they could fight back. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} During [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s attack on the city, Brainstorm and the other Headmasters attacked the Decepticon Headmasters who had rebuilt him, but were defeated by Trypticon himself. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War''====
Before the Headmasters joined the greater Transformer war, Brainstorm hunted down evil Headmasters on a barren planet. Their ensuing battle was interrupted when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] arrived to retrieve the evil Headmasters, as Galvatron had need of them. As they left, Fortress met up with the four Autobot Headmasters and they all boarded Battleship Maximus to pursue the Decepticons to Cybertron. {{Storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
On [[Athenia]], Brainstorm attended the unveiling of the [[Optimus Prime memorial]] statue. He and the other Headmasters also waylaid a Decepticon bombing attack on the planet. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Venturing to [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], Brainstorm and the Headmasters investigated an SOS from their allies. On aerial recon, Brainstorm and Highbrow found [[Alligatron]] and Predaking attacking innocent Beasts. The Headmasters heroically bought time for the Beasts to flee, but were captured by the Decepticons. Luckily, Hardhead and Chromedome found reinforcements in [[Kane]] and the Autobot Beastformers. They provided a needed distraction for Highbrow and Brainstorm to break free from their captors. Through quick thinking and teamwork, the Headmasters, [[Trainbot]]s, and Beastformers successfully drove the Decepticon forces off of Beest and back to Chaar. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

Brainstorm and the Headmasters next traveled to an Alaskan energy refinery, where the Decepticon Headmasters managed to temporarily get the drop on them, separating the Masters from their [[Transtector]]s. Through quick thinking and teamwork, the Autobot Headmasters reunited with their Transtectors and defeated the enemy. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

The Trainbots joined Brainstorm and the Headmasters on an undersea mission where they found [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s stealing energy from subaquatic vents. They also found a giant robot squid lying in wait. Through quick thinking and teamwork, the Headmasters and Trainbots dismantled the squid and stopped the Decepticons' scheme. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}}

In a battle with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], Brainstorm and the Headmasters failed to prevent the Six Clan ninja from stealing food rations. And kidnapping [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. By accident. Way to go, guys. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 4|The Headmasters #4}}

During the Christmas season, Brainstorm and his friends entertained the patients at a children's hospital until the Decepticons arrived. Through quick thinking and teamwork...aw, you get the picture. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

On Earth, Brainstorm and the crew of the Battleship Maximus helped put out a fire so that [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and [[Artfire]] could concentrate on battling the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Brainstorm was stationed on Athenia when Ginrai officially took over the mantle of Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], and oversaw Chromedome's appointment to safeguard the planet. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}} Before [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk's]] defenses of the [[Godbomber|Bomber Project]] could be overrun by [[Jin (Masterforce)|Jin]], [[Mirai]], and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], Brainstorm and the other Autobot Headmasters showed up with the Godcannon in tow. Using the cannon, they were able to defeat their opponents. {{Storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}} Brainstorm was later among those Autobots who got trounced by [[Scorponok (G1)#Super-God Masterforce manga continuity|BlackZarak]]. Brainstorm cheered for [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]] when he tricked Overlord and BlackZarak into damaging each other, seeing off the threat and rescuing his troops. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!}}

===Swamp of the Scorpion===
{{notemultipath}}
Highbrow and Brainstorm once battled Cyclonus, using an [[Electronic jammer|electronic circuit jammer]] to prevent the Decepticon from taking flight.

Brainstorm was supposed to help Highbrow investigate Decepticon activity on the planet Nebulos. Before their mission was fully underway, however, his power-lines began to over-heat. Brainstorm and <s>Grot</s> Gort stopped at a nearby city to get repaired while Highbrow carried on with the mission. {{storylink|Swamp of the Scorpion}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
[[File:Brainstorm-ASO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Green Needle]]
When the Decepticons built an energy interceptor at Nebulos's north pole, the Autobots learned that its activation risked wiping out the entire planet. After destroying the first energy interceptor, they were nonplussed to learn that the Decepticons built a second, more heavily guarded interceptor in its place. Thinking creatively, Brainstorm worked with the Autobot Targetmasters to turn the Decepticon fortress Scorponok's strength against it. During a sabotage raid, the Targetmasters used thermal lasers to melt the ice underneath Scorponok and the interceptor installation, causing them to fall helplessly into the slush. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

When the Autobots located a vast reservoir of oil on the planet, Brainstorm spearheaded the effort to create a major pipeline to pump the oil back to Autobot base. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}

Brainstorm later assisted Optimus Prime in charting a planet-wide search for Decepticon activity on Nebulos. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:Brainstorm's final word Will Always Rhyme.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Brainy Smurf Storm.]]
Originally known as '''Genitus''', the cold-constructed 'bot who would become Brainstorm worked at [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s [[Institute|New Institute]], from where he got his head-themed nickname. He was infatuated with his co-worker [[Quark]], an unrequited love that would go on to have lasting repercussions. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Brainstorm joined the Autobots and became a double agent for the Decepticons, spinning old information in different ways to make it seem as if he was feeding the 'Cons intelligence about new advances. This job was a cover for a complicated plan to save Quark from his death at [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore]] prison, procuring parts to construct a paradox trap-exempt time machine with which he planned to save his love, at the cost of his own existence. This time machine took shape within in a [[Time case|briefcase]] that never left Brainstorm's care.

As the war ground on, he worked at [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]], producing all kinds of bizarre weapons that were mostly vetoed by the [[Ethics Committee]] as violations of the [[Non-Conventional Weapons Act]]. After the end of the war and the repopulation of Cybertron, Brainstorm was one of the 200 Autobots who volunteered to serve aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as part of the quest for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Over the course of this voyage, Brainstorm had all sorts of adventures, brieftly returning to Cybertron to thwart Shockwave's "Dark Cybertron" scheme. Brainstorm eventually deployed his time machine in a bid to talk Megatron out of starting the war altogether. Believing him to be an undercover mole for the Decepticons, the Autobots pursued him through space and time; although Brainstorm failed in his mission, the adventure created the existence of a [[Functionist Universe|parallel universe]] where Megatron had died before he had been activated. Following a mutiny aboard the ''Lost Light'', he was one of the Autobots identified as a Megatron sympathist by [[Getaway]] and [[Atomizer]], and was subsequently marooned on the [[Necroworld]] with his fellow loyalists.
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===''TransTech''===
In [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], Brainstorm was binary-bonded to the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] weapons specialist [[Dynamite]] using reverse-engineered technology from [[Sgt. Savage]]. The binary-bonded Autobots joined up with the [[Screaming Eagles]] to battle the forces of [[S.K.A.R.]] The Autobots and Screaming Eagles ultimately emerged victorious from this destructive global conflict and ushered in a new Golden Age for Earth. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:TitansReturn Brainstorm CardArt.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]

When the [[Titan Master]]s joined the Autobot-Decepticon war, Brainstorm was partnered with [[Arcana|Teslor]], who enhanced Brainstorm's intelligence to make his inventions even more advanced. {{storylink|#TitansReturn|''Titans Return'' Teslor/Brainstorm toy bio}} Brainstorm and Teslor attempted to artificially reproduce [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]’s [[Cityspeaker|Cityspeaking]] abilities in order to prevent the rogue Autobot, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], from taking control of a full-sized [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].<ref>''Titans Return'' ''[[Titans Return (toyline)#Summer convention exclusives|Titan Force]] 3-pack'' bio material/instructions.</ref>
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Brainstorm was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. When Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] deigned to personally intervene, the Warrior knelt in deference. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

In short order the battle went sideways when the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, and the infected Warrior attacked [[Breacher (TF 2010)|two]] of his [[Hot Shot (Prime)#Precursor World|fellows]] in the ensuing free-for-all. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

Evidently eventually slain in the brawl himself, the Warrior was later memorialized with a hologram in the inner sanctum of the [[Ivory Towers]] by [[Magna Convoy]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|''Transformers'' #1]]}}

Brainstorm was an engineer and teacher with a fearsome reputation and a sharp temper. He was always quick to remember his peers' failings instead of their names. However, when asked to mentor children or students, he took on a more kindly and indulgent nature, welcoming the opportunity to introduce young minds to engineering. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}

In the years before the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Brainstorm was part of a team that studied the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, but was unable to deduce anything related to their strange energon-processing abilities. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}} Brainstorm was present at [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s [[Reproduction|forging]] ceremony at the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]]. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPartOne RubbleFindsBrainstorm.jpg|left|upright=0.9|thumb|No "brief case", this one...]]
Years later, Brainstorm had an appointment with Bumblebee to meet with newly forged student [[Rubble]], who was trying to discover his calling. When he noticed some anomalies at a remote [[energon transmission station]], he changed their meeting point so that he could investigate that at the same time, as well as summoning [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] for security in case the anomalies turned out to be sabotage by [[the Rise]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} As luck would have it, the anomalies were indeed the result of a particularly incompetent group of Risers siphoning away a bounty of energon. Panicking at their discovery, the criminals lashed out and killed Brainstorm, it later being suspected that [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] had been the one to do the deed. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} When Bumblebee, Windblade, and Rubble later arrived at the energon transmission station, Rubble stumbled upon Brainstorm's mangled corpse. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}}

Brainstorm's murder was the first in recorded memory, sending [[Security Operations]] into panicked frenzy, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} as they struggled to prevent a mass panic from breaking out and to round up suspects. After twenty Rise members had been rounded up, the leadership of the group went to ground, implicating them in Brainstorm's demise. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} Following his demise, Brainstorm's body was brought to [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] who found evidence of rotational micro-scarring, describing the injuries as hard to characterize. As a result of his demise, the energon transmission stations got new monitors, among other security upgrades. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

Brainstorm's funeral [[Accelerator|was overseen]] by a [[Reversionist]], something [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] felt that he would have been appalled by, where his body was vaporized by a [[plasma pyre]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Brainstorm, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] awaited their [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partners as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] sent out a Decepticon alert. Once [[Arcana]] was aboard his vehicle mode, Brainstorm sped off to come to blows against the Decepticon Headmasters. Brainstorm and Arcana transformed and combined to ward off their enemies! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*A stone sculpture of Brainstorm was savaged by [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] as part of his training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*After Brainstorm and Highbrow were dealt one too many defeats at the hands of the Decepticons, their latest in a battle against [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], the Autobots conceived of a new breed of warriors: Autobot [[Pretender]]s! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
Brainstorm was kidnapped by the Decepticons and held captive on the Jail planet by [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. He was rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and his other comrades, and in turn helped rescue those who were still imprisoned. Once they had reunited, Brainstorm and the others met with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] for the last battle against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter von Gomm]]}}

====Autobot story====
{{note|Brainstorm was available as a playable character in the Autobot campaign during the second playthrough.}}

====Decepticon story====
Brainstorm, believing he was the match of the Decepticon leader, challenged [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s march on [[Zel Samine]] as his forces made their way through an array of wind turbines. They handed his aft to him, leaving Brainstorm shocked and confused; how could his frontal attack against superior forces have failed?

He retreated to formulate a new plan.

Later, at ELTA, Chromedome and Brainstorm joined forces to battle the Decepticons again, to no avail. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
The Autobot Headmasters led by Brainstorm hunted for [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost by tracking the electro-magnetic spikes which signaled his manifestations. They were able to prevent him passing over into the physical world, and scattered the Decepticons who had aided him. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}} When the Decepticons aimed to get hold of the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], Brainstorm and his fellow Headmasters made off with it but soon crashed on Earth. They were aided by the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]], who patched them up and helped them fight off [[Apeface]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Earth Defense Command}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBrainstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Seriously, Brainstorm once destroyed an entire village because he thought he saw a cow. And it turned out to be a washing machine.]]
Brainstorm participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited for 300 units of Cybermetal, 95 units of Transmetal, 60 scout cores, and 5 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Brainstorm and [[Arcana]] helped develop the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] process after the Transformer war reached [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}} A fast-thinking inventor with plenty of ideas, the Autobots often turned to him for new technologies and tools. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} At one point, Brainstorm researched the origins of [[combiner]] technology and had his article published in [[ALTernity Today|Alt2day]]. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EW-Brainstorm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

Brainstorm possesses one of the most brilliant and questioning scientific minds on Cybertron, and is literally brimming over with new and innovative ideas, to the point where he's often devising three different things at once, and sometimes neglects to finish what he's started.
Though he feverently wishes his inventions and advances didn't have to have a military application, he understands the need to defeat the Decepticons at all costs. He's armed with two high-powered photon pulse cannons that turn into explosive energy and transforms into a Cybertronian jet with a maximum speed of 5200 mph. He throws meta-fictional grenades. And he often carries a time-travel briefcase. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Brainstorm Bio}}

*'''Class''': Air
*'''Lowest Star rating''': 2 stars
*'''Weapons''':
*''' Ability: Static Strike''' - Drop a static bomb that traps defenses in an area, reducing their speed by 70% for seconds. If a trapped building is destroyed, it will shatter and cause damage to nearby enemies.
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points. +3 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:brainstorm Brainstorm at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy Brainstorm.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|No no...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Brainstorm''' (Headmaster, [[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-104'''
:*''Accessories'': "Arcana" Headmaster pilot, left & right [[Photon pulse cannon|high-energy photon pulse cannons]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Richard Marcej]] (packaging)}}

: Released in the fourth year of Hasbro's US ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (third year in Europe and in Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line), Headmaster Brainstorm transforms into a turquoise Cybertronic fighter craft. Both of Brainstorm's twin pistols attach to the front of his alt-mode's nosecone to extend it and augment it with two canard wings. As with all larger Headmaster toys, Brainstorm features both a cockpit suitable for his partner, [[Arcana#Toys|Arcana]], to sit in.

: Brainstorm has an abbreviated [[Tech Spec]]s bar graph inside his chest hidden under a hinged panel. When a compatible Headmaster head is plugged into the socket on Brainstorm's [[robot mode]], the bars will show three of that head unit's Tech Specs.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Brainstorm/brainstorm.htm More information on Brainstorm at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generations 30 voyager Brainstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Briefcase sadly not included.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Brainstorm''' (Voyager Class, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''02 / #009'''
:*''Accessories'': Head/pilot robot, left & right blasters
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the eighth wave of 2012-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Brainstorm transforms into a turquoise Cybertronian aircraft based off of [[Nick Roche]]'s design for ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. He is notable for being the first "modern" retail release toy of an existing Headmaster to retain the gimmick. He also holds the distinction of being the first Headmaster-style figure with an articulated neck. He comes with two pistols which can attach via [[5 mm post]] to his hands and the nosecone of the jet. [[Arcana#Generations|His head]] transforms into an unnamed robot that is most certainly Arcana, and can be inserted inside the cockpit to be used as a pilot. Putting the pilot robot into the neck socket will reveal Tech Specs like the original toy. The Tech Specs are based off the original figure, not the Tech Specs on the box.

: Exercise caution while using the Headmaster gimmick, as the main robot's neck socket is painted, making the pilot robot rather difficult to remove. Too much force could separate the pilot robot's own head from his body. However, there have been reports of a [[Variant#Running changes|running change]] in the toy that fixes the Headmaster gimmick; this is signified by a rubber band holding the head in place.

: Please take note that this toy's Headmaster gimmick is ''not'' compatible with any other iteration of any Headmaster toy, having a bespoke neck connector.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/GenBrainstorm/brainstorm.htm More information on Generations Brainstorm on TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/fixed-headmaster-gimmick-variant-of-generations-brainstorm-released/32023/ Fixed Headmaster gimmick running change]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG09-Brainstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Some say this deco is overdoing it.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Brainstorm''' (Voyager, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[January 24]], 2015
:*''ID number'': '''LG09'''
:*''Accessories'': "Cana" Headmaster pilot, left & right weapons

: Released in the fourth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' line, Brainstorm is a [[redeco]] of ''Generations'' Brainstorm with some minor changes in plastic, such as an orange canopy. He more noticeably features additional paint detail, including red and white highlights on his smaller wings, some white added to the red details on his chest, and a silver midriff. Brainstorm's bio is written from a ''The Headmasters'' perspective, and as such names the Headmaster its Japanese name, "Cana".

: He comes with the mini-manga ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 9|Bonus Edition Vol. 9]].

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2421.html Legends Voyager Brainstorm at Alfes's Blog Part 1]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2422.html Legends Voyager Brainstorm at Alfes's Blog Part 2]''

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[[File:LegendsTRBrainstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Yellow belly. (Well, close enough.)]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Brainstorm''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[December 28]], 2016
:*''ID number'': '''LG39'''
:*''Accessories'': Gun, vehicle nosecone/Headmaster sled, gun, "[[Synapse (Legends)|Synapse]]" partner drone, "Cana" Headmaster component

: The second ''Legends'' Brainstorm is a slight [[retool]] and redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Brainstorm (see below). This figure's deco is based directly off of Brainstorm's character model in [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|the ''Headmasters'' cartoon]], and the Headmaster partner is retooled to match, notably removing his faceplate in favor of a mouth.

: Also included is [[Synapse (Legends)#Toys|Synapse]], a redeco of Titan Master [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Brawn]]'s vehicle accessory, which is built to accommodate all Titan Masters/Headmasters.

: He comes with the mini-manga ''Legends'' [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 39|Bonus Edition Vol. 39]].

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2736.html Legends Deluxe Brainstorm at Alfes's Blog]''
{{TRHyperfireMold}}

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[[File:TF-Legends-LG-EX-Headmaster-Set-Brainstorm.jpg|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Headmaster Set''' (Multi-pack, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 19]], 2017
:*''ID Number'': '''LG-EX'''

: Released as a [[Wonder Festival]] 2017 [Winter] exclusive, this Headmaster version of "Brainstorm" is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' [[Arcana#Titans Return|Teslor]] tooling, and features extensive paint apps.

: The [[LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter|pack-in mini-manga]] depicts this toy as Arcana from "The Rebirth".

: This set also includes [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Legends|Grimlock]], "[[Stylor#Legends|Chromedome]]", "[[Duros#Legends|Hardhead]]", [[Flywheels#Legends|Flywheel]], and [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Legends|Gong]], all similarly-extra-deco'd versions of Hasbro Titan Masters which were not otherwise released in Japan.
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TitansReturntoy-BrainstormTitanForce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm Charon in London.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Titan Force''' (Multi-pack, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 21]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': Gun, vehicle nosecone/Titan Master sled, "[[Arcana#Titans Return|Autobot Teslor]]" Titan Master, sticker sheet of multiple Autobot and Decepticon faction symbols

: This version of Brainstorm is a heavy [[retool]]ing of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blurr]], lacking the Titan Master pegs originally found on Blurr, and features a new face, shoulders, and vehicle mode parts, mostly inspired by his [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' design. As with all Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return'' toys, his [[Titan Master]] head, [[Arcana#Titans Return|Autobot Teslor]], can be freely swapped between figures, and transforms into a robot which can pilot or peg onto alternate modes.

:[[File:Brainstorm vs Charon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|A rarity: A trademark conflict in a specific non-US market.]]
: Brainstorm includes a foil sticker sheet, featuring a choice of Autobot or Decepticon symbols for the sculpted spot under his windscreen in robot mode and for his wings (either to cover the tampographed symbols already there or to go on the reverse side for robot mode).

: This initial release of Brainstorm was only available as part of the "Titan Force" [[giftset]], which also includes a translucent plastic redeco of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#SDCC2016|''Titans Return'' Sentinel Prime]] and [[Windblade (G1)#Titans Return|Windblade]], a [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]-themed redeco of her ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Windblade (RID)#Warrior|counterpart's Warrior Class sculpt]]. In the United States, the "Titan Force" set was [[exclusive]] to [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], initially available at their booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016, and later also via the Hasbro Toy Shop website. For the United Kingdom, [[A1 Toys]] acquired exclusive distribution rights, with the set initially available at their booth at London Film & Comic-Con 2016, and later also via their website and at other UK conventions. Due to trademark issues, A1 Toys' release had to rename Brainstorm into "'''Charon'''" via stickers applied to the outside of the box. Furthermore, the set was also sold at [[Cybertron Con]] Shanghai 2016, at the Hasbro booth at [[Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong]] 2016 and at the HasbroStore booth at [[Fan Expo]] Canada 2016, in each case retaining Brainstorm's original name.

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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Brainstorm-(Individual-Release).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's okay, [https://shortpacked.com/comic/batman-can-breathe-in-space/ Teslor can breathe in space.]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Teslor & Brainstorm''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, vehicle nosecone/Titan Master sled, "[[Arcana#TRDeluxe|Autobot Teslor]]" Titan Master

: A differently-decoed Brainstorm was also sold individually. Compared to the SDCC version, this one has a deco closer to the original toy, including a yellow canopy. Although it has fewer paint apps than the Titan Force giftset version, it features more tampographed details instead. Unfortunately the tampographs on his legs are upside down compared to the usual placement of the stickers they emulate from his original toy. As with most ''Titans Return'' figures, Brainstorm also comes with a collectors' card based on his packaging art.

: Initial samples on display at conventions had his helmet left unpainted (showing the same darker gray as used on his wings and feet) and his Autobot symbol tampograph applied to the top of his canopy like on his Titan Force release. His stock photography, however, matches the version of the figure available at retail.

: In the United States, Brainstorm was available as the first ever exclusive to [[Walgreens]] drug stores. However, in late August 2016, before Brainstorm became widely available at Walgreens, a single case was discovered at a [[Walmart]] store in the United States, which ended up being an isolated incident.<ref name="walmart">http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/08/31/titans-return-walgreens-exclusive-brainstorm-found-wal-mart-324155</ref> In Hasbro's Asian markets, meanwhile, Brainstorm was available at general retail in a case all by himself, and ended up as a minor shelfwarmer at some stores.

:The packaging features the assortment number for the general retail ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class, implying that the decision to make him an exclusive was a late one.
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===''Retro Headmasters''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Retro-Headmasters-Brainstorm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Autobot Brainstorm''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Gun, vehicle nosecone/Headmaster sled, "[[Arcana#Retro Headmasters|Arcana]]" Headmaster
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]'' line, "Autobot Brainstorm" is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class toy in even more original-toy-accurate colors, and utilizes the ''Headmasters'' anime face from the ''Legends'' figure. The tampographs on his legs are now the right way up.

:Along with the rest of the ''Retro Headmasters'' toys, Brainstorm is a [[Walmart]] exclusive in Canada and the US, and was also sold exclusively at The Warehouse and Toyworld in New Zealand. This figure also serves as the basis for ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Brainstorm (SG)|Brainstorm]].
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
*'''Brainstorm, Biomechanical Engineer''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T10/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1BrainstormOriginalHead.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Please find us clearer footage.]]
[[File:Brainstormpretenderscommercial.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|His blue period.]]
*In early planning stages, the Large Headmasters were to have differently styled heads that would be replaced by their more familiar heads during the Headmaster process. A [[commercial]] for [[Ring of Hate!|''Headmasters'' #1]] featuring animation of Brainstorm and others is the only time these designs were used.
*The Headmasters appeared in a second commercial with much more sophisticated animation. In this entry, we see the Autobot Headmasters lined up in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s as their Nebulan partners run up into their cockpits and then launch into an attack. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSemtc0JaU]
*Additional footage of the Headmasters featured in the animated introduction to the first commercial for the [[Pretender]]s. As Brainstorm battles [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], the narration claims that after a series of defeats, the Autobots are required to up the ante by developing Pretender technology.
*In all three of these commercials, Brainstorm is colored in his [[Marvel Comics]] colors rather than his color scheme seen in "[[The Rebirth]]", with his dark green and orange being replaced with cyan and yellow.
*Brainstorm is a Christian! In the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'' cartoon]] episode "[[The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery]]", when the Headmasters encounter a massacre on the planet [[Praum]], [[:File:HM7 Brainstorm sign of cross.jpg|he crosses himself]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cana''' (カーナ ''Kāna''),<ref>The Japanese name for Brainstorm's small stage is adapted from the Hasbro Nebulan character [[Arcana]] but evidently misunderstood to be pronounced like "Rama" instead of "banana".</ref> '''Brainstorm''' (ブレインストーム ''Bureinsutōmu'')
*''French:'' '''Cerveau''' (Canada, "Brain")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Agytröszt''' ("Genius", literally "Brain-Trust")
*''Italian:'' '''Goblin'''
*''Korean:'' '''Brainstorm''' (브레인스톰 ''Beuleinseutom'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Burn''' (Taiwan, 伯恩 ''Bóēn''), '''Xiǎo Zhūgĕ Lí Ēn ''' (China, 小诸葛黎恩, "{{w|Zhuge Liang|Zhuge}} Jr. Lien")
*''Russian:'' '''Fantazyor''' (Фантазёр, "Dreamer")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Mozgoshturm''' (ICTV, Мозґоштурм, "Brainstorm")

==Gallery==
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File:Transformers Legends LG 09.jpg|''Thrilling 30'' / ''Legends'' packaging art
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==References==
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Blurr (G1)

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:''Blurr is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Blurrg1.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He runs faster than ten fast men.]]
This page is best read at high speeds.

'''Blurr''' is positively and incontrovertibly without possibility of any doubt the fastest-thinking, fastest-talking and fastest-driving data courier and messenger from the planet of Cybertron, and if you or your friend or anybody else you know or anybody else you might not know or in fact anybody at all wants to send any kind of message or dispatch or parcel or data or in fact anything at all to any base or station or out-of-the-way depot, barracks, headquarters, outpost, or post office and it is absolutely essential to deliver it immediately or at the earliest opportunity and without any delay of any kind regardless of Decepticons or obstacles or foul weather or gloom of night then Blurr's the one to pick, sir, so just give him the good word and the item in question and Blurr is off like a [[Cybertronic race horse]], if there were such a thing as a Cybertronic race horse, and if such a beast was able to break the sound barrier on land and leave only dust clouds and lingering afterimages, because Blurr leaves only dust clouds and lingering afterimages, but he'll be off that quickly with your message in hand, and if any hostile power or enemy or Decepticon ambush should get in the way then he'll hit them with a blast from his [[electro-laser]] which will reverse the polarity of their microcircuits and they'll be stopped. Dead.

His [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner is [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], who sometimes becomes his head as a [[Titan Master]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Lei Changxi]] (Chinese), [[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub), [[Carlos Lladó]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marco Antônio Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Sérgio Moreno]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Attila Bartucz]] (Hungarian, second "The Movie" dub), [[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian, first season 3 dub), [[Andrea Rotolo]] (Italian, second season 3 dub), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness" episodes), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "Chaos"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Dark Awakening" & "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2"), [[Bruno Magne]] (European French, "The Face of the Nijika"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 1"), Unknown (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 2")}}

[[File:TFTMBlurr.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Someone needs to switch to decaf.]]

In [[2005]], Blurr was part of the Autobot detachment stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command. Using his hyper-speed, he quickly alerted the Autobot ranks when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his Decepticons arrived to attack the city. In defending the city, Blurr combined non-stop chatter with non-stop firepower and helped hold the Decepticons at bay until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and reinforcements could arrive from [[Moonbase One]].

In the aftermath of the attack, Blurr was working on repairs with several of the remaining Autobots when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] struck. After failing to get the obstinate [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] aboard a shuttle ("They were impossible impossible impossible!"), Blurr tossed the job over to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and leapt aboard the second shuttle with Ultra Magnus. Pursued by Galvatron through space, the shuttle crew managed to escape only after detonating three-quarters of the ship. In need of repairs, they landed hard on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. While Blurr was attending to some welding work, Galvatron and his soldiers caught up with them. Things went from bad to worse after Galvatron killed Ultra Magnus and took the [[Matrix of Leadership]], leaving the Autobots to deal with the planet's native inhabitants, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Hostilities suddenly ceased, however, when Hot Rod and Kup arrived from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] and negotiated a peace with the Junkions (complete with dance sequence!). Blurr then flew into the final battle with the planet-eater [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] aboard the Junkion starship and was present when Hot Rod (now Rodimus Prime) reclaimed Cybertron in the name of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|Blurr’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:Blurr watching jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Blurr watches all his videos in fast-forward. It makes it look like normal speed to him.]]
As part of their "new era of peace and prosperity", the Autobots hosted the first annual [[Galactic Olympics]] several months later. Blurr really wanted to compete in the races, but instead was forced onto a mission with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] to Autobot City on Earth. This simple courier run soon became more hectic than it was worth, though. Running into the newly revived Decepticon leader, Galvatron, Blurr and Wheelie were the first Autobots to face his renewed power and ended up marooned on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]].

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"We can't stop here. This is bat country!"]]
There they encountered kamikaze creatures known as [[lightpole]]s, who struck in unison like a hive and could transform into explosive missiles. The Autobots received support from [[Marissa Faireborn]] of [[Earth Defense Command]], but it wasn't until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived that they finally managed to fight their way through a squad of [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and get off that rock. Blurr and Wheelie made it back to Autobot City and, after a short game of "Hot Potato" to get the cog through attacking Decepticons, restored Metroplex's transforming ability just in time to sic the giant Autobot on his rival, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}

[[File:Chaos Kup Blurr piloting ship.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Blurr participated in several important Autobot missions in the following months. When Kup uncovered a plot by the Decepticons to acquire the indestructible [[death crystal]]s for their own purposes, Blurr joined him and an Autobot unit to visit the source of the crystals on planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. Blurr faced the Predacons again on Dread and was almost consumed by quick-mud before Sky Lynx pulled him free. Blurr and the other Autobots managed to keep [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] busy long enough for Kup to rouse [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], the creature who was the source of the death crystals. Turning the crystals against Chaos himself, the Autobots destroyed the monster and deprived the Decepticons of their new weapon. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When Optimus Prime briefly returned from the dead, Blurr was aboard his flagship during the intended assault on the [[Quintesson]]s' new home planet. He received word from Cybertron that Hot Rod and the other Autobots they were supposed rushing off to "avenge" were in fact alive, and preparing to rendez-vous with the fleet. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:ForeverLongTimeComing Blurr carrying Blaster.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1!|If you're gonna ride, Dann-o .... Whoops, wrong script!]]
Later, Blurr joined [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] in exploring a bowl-shaped asteroid near Cybertron, and in doing so came across a [[Quintesson]] [[Time Window]]. During the battle with the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and Quintesson star cruisers, Blurr fell through the time window along with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and some of his cassettes. The Autobots found themselves 11 million years in the past, working with [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] and her rebellion as the first Autobots stood up against their Quintesson masters. Once the rebel leader, [[Alpha Trion|A-3]], returned and used his [[Coder Remote]] on the [[Dark Guardian]]s, Blurr and his auto-buddies made their way back through the vortex and into the present once again. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:FightorFlee future autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
When the Autobots detected a seemingly threatening vessel in their airspace, Blurr attempted to interrogate the pilot, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] of [[Paradron]]. Rather than being intimidated, however, Sandstorm just asked if there was something wrong with Blurr's timing program. Kup was quick to come to the young Autobot's defense and informed the Paradronian, "Naaaah, that's just the way he is." {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

Blurr was among the Autobot warriors who assaulted the occupied nation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], to prevent the Decepticons from making more super-energon off of the country's oil reserves. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] beached himself off the coast to launch Blurr, Rodimus Prime, Wheelie and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] onto the nation's soil. After the Decepticons were driven off, they freed [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] and his advisors, and (somewhat reluctantly) restored him to power. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:GhostMachine Blurr violated airspace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Sir, we're being violated!"]]
During the second coming of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost, Blurr was working monitor duty on Cybertron with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. He was very good at his job, identifying [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] on an entry vector and the return of Unicron's eyes, but people kept having to interrupt his reports because he would. Not. Stop. Talking. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}} Later on, he was part of the peace envoy overseeing the negotiations between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]]. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Blurr was also present for the unveiling of the new power generator on Cybertron, but even he wasn't fast enough to keep Grimlock from making a mess of things. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:FaceOfNijika Blurr dangling.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Blurr covertly tries to fix his wedgie.]]
During an encounter with the Decepticons, Blurr and several Autobots encountered a "[[quadrant lock]]" created by the Quintessons and ended up falling through it along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]]. Their landing on the planet [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] was a harsh one, and Blurr's leg strut was too damaged for him to walk. Separated from the scientist Perceptor in the fall, Blurr asked Rodimus and Ultra Magnus to leave him while they searched for their missing comrade. The leaders agreed, since Perceptor was also the one best suited for repairing Blurr's leg. Unfortunately, the helpless Blurr was soon found by the superstitious and powerful local populace and taken to a nearby city, where the people planned to toss him into a molten pool. In a wacky turn of events, though, that soak was just what Blurr needed to realign his leg components, and he popped out of the pool as fast as ever. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

When the [[Hate Plague]] was released, Blurr was one of several Autobots who were damaged and taken out of action early during the catastrophe.{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} As a result, he was unaffected by the plague and, after some repair work by a Quintesson, was available to help the newly active Optimus Prime in his search for a cure. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

[[File:Rebirth1 Hardhead and Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Why isn't there more slashfic about this?]]
Sometime later, on Cybertron, Blurr was beaten in a race by Hot Rod and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. This was done in part to help prove the engineer [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s theory that Autobots could function better with human partners somehow incorporated into their fighting discipline. Little did anyone realize how soon that theory would be tested. After a major Decepticon offensive on Autobot City, Optimus Prime radioed Kup, Blurr and the others on Cybertron, warning them that the Decepticons were headed for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], deep beneath the planet's surface. The Autobots arrived just in time to prevent [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] from unleashing too much [[plasma energy]] using the key he'd stolen from Earth. What little plasma energy had been released, however, was enough to overcharge the engines of the Autobot ship, launching them out into space.

[[File:Rebirth2 Blurr with gun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Please pretend he is holding Haywire and not his regular gun. Thank you.]]
Blurr and his comrades crash-landed on the planet [[Nebulos]] and were quickly taken hostage by a group of rebels fighting against the machine army of their overlords, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Autobots managed to convince their "hosts" to release them when the Decepticons arrived in hot pursuit, but Blurr and several other warriors were deactivated and taken hostage by the Decepticons as they fled. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Brainstorm decided to put his ideas into action and created binary-bonded partnerships between the remaining Autobots and the rebels, forming [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Headmasters rescued Blurr and the others, but were soon forced to fight again when the Decepticons joined forces with the Hive, having created both Headmaster and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] duos in response. This tech-war continued when Brainstorm scanned one of the Hive Targetmasters and used those scans to recreate the technology for the remaining Autobots. Blurr was binary-bonded with [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], one of the Nebulan sharpshooters. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

He and the rest of the Autobots returned to Cybertron to try to prevent Galvatron from opening the Plasma Energy Chamber, but were unsuccessful. The day was ultimately saved by Spike and the Nebulons, who brought about a new [[Golden Age]], and Blurr was seen celebrating with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of [[2006]] forward to [[2010]], and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}

=====Controverse=====
Blurr was present when the [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] of [[BT World]] discovered they were trapped in the [[G1 World|OG World]]. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
[[File:Headmasters rodimus kup blurr.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And nothing of value was lost.]]
In [[2011]], Blurr was stationed on the Autobots' new tertiary base of operations, the planet [[Athenia]]. While other Autobots were dispatched to Cybertron during Galvatron's assault, Blurr remained behind as part of the rear guard. He observed what appeared to be a passing star on the monitors, but the image eventually cleared up to reveal a ''[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|starship]]'', headed for Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Even after the arrival of the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], Blurr continued to fret over the situation. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} As Autobots forces engaged the Decepticons on several fronts on several planets, Blurr remained at home base with Kup and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] to practice his exposition. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron unleashed his [[Madmachine]], Blurr couldn't understand how one little bug could possibly threaten Vector Sigma. Arcee had to explain how the Decepticons could increase its magnetic power to the point where even the supercomputer would be in danger. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} When the Aerialbots were brought down by a [[Metamorphose|dangerous meteorite]], Blurr informed Rodimus Prime the rescue team had been intercepted by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Blurr was still taking messages with Kup and Arcee on Athenia weeks later. For a ridalin-deprived courier, he sure seems to stand around a lot. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}}

Blurr watched helplessly as Galvatron beat the scrap out of Rodimus Prime. Only after the Decepticon Commander wandered off to have a meeting with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] did Blurr work up the courage to go see if Rodimus was okay. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} With the destruction of Cybertron, Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and Kup in their quest to look for a new planet to settle on. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

He apparently had time to sneak back in when he heard Fortress was having a party, though. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}
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=====''Legends'' comic=====
Blurr continued on the journey to find a new home until the day Rodimus Prime decided to become a [[Micromaster]] and settle on the planet [[Micro]]. Unwilling to give up on his body's speed, Blurr refused to join Rodimus in changing bodies, and instead left to join Fortress's crew. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}} A battle with Scorponok in [[2021]] led to him and the other Autobots being infected with [[black ball]]s, which Blurr only survived by agreeing to have his head removed and retrofitted into a small Headmaster robot. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Old and new Headmasters alike then traveled to the [[Legends World]] and joined with the [[Axalon Trading Company]] to have new bodies built for them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 21|Bonus Edition Vol. 21}} Blurr was left disheartened by this turn of events: since he'd ended up losing his body ''anyway'', he regretted not helping Rodimus to begin with. He cheered up when [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Longarm]] gave him a new body, and though he panicked when asked to use it to take on Galvatron, he steeled himself and proved able to use his speed and tiny size in tandem to catch Galvatron off-guard and knock his head off. He then became an deliveryman, though not a very good one since he spent too much time talking to customers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

When [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] was battling [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], Blurr showed up to help man his battle station, saying they were comrades since they'd both left the Axalon Trading Company. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}} He later had his body stolen by a mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmaster who was really eager to try out transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} Blurr was present for Fortress's speech when he announced the completion of their HQ, a new battleship Maximus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}} He was among the Autobots who tried to capture [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] after he'd stolen the [[Zodiac]], but was incapacitated when the Zodiac's powers forcibly transformed his transtector into an immobile "base mode". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} When the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] got started, Blurr was shocked that he'd gotten rivals in the delivery business. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} He helped the other Autobots battle [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]'s [[Black Convoy Mass Production Type Drone|drones]] when they were menacing the Legends World. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Black Convoy 2}}

Blurr's delivery service eventually grew into a full company, and he hired [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] to work for him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}} During Trypticon's attack on [[Tokyo]], Blurr and Wheelie were charged delivering Fortress Maximus's transformation cog to Metroplex before Trypticon could reach him. They succeeded, allowing Metroplex to fight back and defeat his nemesis. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was driving on the streets of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt in the wake of the destruction. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} Kup, who'd left Rodimus shortly after Blurr did, fondly remembered their time searching for a new home together. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 46|Bonus Edition Vol. 46}} Towards the end of the year, Blurr and Ginrai were asked to deliver the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire Laser]] to [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] through the Legends World, but were surprised to find [[White Lune]] in its place. She ran off while Blurr was busy learning that she ''was'' the Haywire Laser, so he began searching for her and visited the police, where he was unexpectedly but gladly reunited with Hot Rod. Blurr eventually found White Lune being menaced by the Sweeps and used her weapon mode to dispatch them alongside Hot Rod, Kup, and his two part-timers, Wheelie and [[Shūta Gō]], and afterwards she started working for him. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} He was later among the Transformers knocked out by [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]'s [[anti-electron]] assault, angering White Lune. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 55|Bonus Edition Vol. 55}} {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
Blurr participated in a space mission under the command of Rodimus Prime. He helped the other Autobots get the space-faring civilians to safety during a Decepticon attack while Rodimus battled Galvatron. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}} On another occasion, he battled the [[Megatron Corps]]—five clones of the old Decepticon leader being remotely controlled by Galvatron. Once Blurr and the others attacked Galvatron directly, the Megatron Corps fell all to pieces. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}} Blurr was also seen acting in defense of the planet [[Feminia]]. The Autobots protected the Prime Energy Tower from an all-out Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Blurr was present when Optimus Prime expired following the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and Hot Rod caught the Matrix as it fell out of the Autobot leader's hands. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable timeline where the Autobots were at war with the [[Renegade]]s, Blurr was one of the many Autobots who participated in the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Blurr was on Cybertron when Optimus Prime announced his plan to confront Unicron. When Hot Rod sacrificed himself to kill Megascream, Blurr was later seen celebrating the defeat of Unicron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Blurr was four million years old. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''Hundreds of years ago, Blurr and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] were captured by aliens from the planet [[Tyroxia]], but Hot Rod managed to escape in a [[Hot Rod's shuttle|ship]]. The ship was pursued by the [[Tyroxian]]s, but the aliens were intercepted a [[Kup's ship|ship]] piloted by the Autobot [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], an old-timer who was suffering from [[combat fatigue]] and had sent himself off to pasture. Hot Rod implored Kup to help him and Blurr, but Kup maintained that he was done with the war and was of no use to anyone. Ultimately, Kup had to rescue Hot Rod and Blurr from the Tyroxians one final time, and the old mech decided to give the war one more go.'' {{storylink|Kup's Story!}}

[[File:RingofHate-Blurremissary.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|So much for the Tolerant Left Arm!]]
Blurr was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s unit on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when the commander reached a turning point. After Blurr helped free a group of captive Autobots being herded into the [[smelting pool]], Fortress Maximus announced that he was quitting the war and leaving for the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]]. Blurr and the others were stunned by this announcement, but nonetheless decided to join Fortress Maximus in his exile.

Blurr was sent as an ambassador to the Nebulan capital city, [[Koraja]]. However, the politician [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] did not trust these visitors to his world, and so he sabotaged the meeting to convince the others to rise up against the Autobots. While Blurr spoke, [[Krunk]] fired a magenetic polarizer weapon at Blurr's arm, which caused it to spasm and topple a fountain sculpture. As the debris bounced around, endangering the surrounding civilians, Zarak's personal militia retaliated, and Blurr fled.

Fortress Maximus didn't give up on peace with the Nebulans, however, and he took Blurr and the others back into Koraja. In order to prove to the Nebulans that he could be trusted, Fortress Maximus offered his head to them. A few other Autobots followed his lead and offered their heads, while Blurr and the rest surrendered only their weapons. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

The headless Autobots were kept under surveillance by the Nebulans, while Blurr's group of weaponless Autobots retreated to the forest, where they began construction of their headquarters. When the [[Council of Peers]] arrived to inspect the Autobots' efforts, Blurr showed them around. He pointed out Hot Rod, who was listening in on their Cybertron headquarters, but not transmitting anything, lest the Decepticons learn their location. Zarak and [[Vorath]] took this opportunity to lock onto the frequency, and they later used this information to contact the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

[[File:BrothersinArmor-Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wonder what happens if you forget to catch them.]]
The Decepticons arrived, and after both sides adopted the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] process, the Headmaster Autobots were captured by the Decepticons. Blurr and the remaining Autobots who lived in the forest remained weaponless, so they teamed up with various Nebulans who sided with the Autobot-allied Nebulan [[Galen]] and thus were considered criminals by the Council of Peers. Blurr's partner was [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], who had, like the others, undergone the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process to become a weapon for his partner.

Blurr and the other Targetmasters headed for the [[Nursery (Nebulos)|Nursery]], where they found themselves under attack by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. The Autobots' new Targetmaster powers overwhelmed the Decepticons, but not before the Nursery was reduced to rubble. Zarak, who was Scorponok's Headmaster partner, realized that this war was quickly destroying the planet he loved, and so he freed the Autobot Headmasters, allowing the Autobots to leave Nebulos. The Decepticons followed Blurr and the other Autobots to [[Earth]], where they wished to respond to an Autobot distress signal. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the [[Club Con|Decepticon's island headquarters]] to rescue his brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After Blurr and the other Targetmasters were attacked by the island's defense measures, the island transformed into a spaceship and launched into space. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for Autobot leadership. Blurr, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Blurr was enjoying some downtime aboard the Ark when Thunderwing and a motley crew of Decepticons attacked. Responding alongside his commander, Blurr joined in blasting the would-be Decepticon leader and forcing him off the ship.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Allfalldown-blurr.jpg|left|upright=0.5|thumb|Blurr's keyboard doesn't even HAVE a spacebar.]]
When the Decepticon [[Air Strike Patrol]] attacked [[MacDill Air Force Base]] on Earth, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (who had returned to command) led most of the Autobot Army into battle, including Blurr, leaving only a skeleton crew behind on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} After Scorponok's Decepticons arrived as well, Prime ordered Blurr and the rest of his troops to return to the Ark, suspecting an unknown entity was orchestrating this battle behind the scenes. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} When Blurr and the others returned to the Ark, they discovered that not only was [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] missing, but in his absence [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] had disabled the skeleton crew and placed bombs on board. Blackjack, who was startled by the Autobots, dropped the bomb, which started the countdown. Kup refused to allow the Autobots to flee the Ark in its shuttles, citing the lack of time to evacuate their fallen comrades in the medical bays, which prompted Blurr to panic. Blurr and the others were saved when Ratchet, who had been kidnapped by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (the mastermind behind the whole affair), arranged for the bombs to be teleported to Cybertron. Instead of blowing up the Ark, the bomb detonated inside Megatron's headquarters, apparently killing both Megatron and Ratchet. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

News of Ratchet's demise sent Optimus Prime into a depression, and Hot Rod took it upon himself to snap Optimus out of it. Concocting a scheme wherein a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian Mark V battle droid]] would go "berserk" ended with the unit going on a genuine rampage. Blurr was knocked aside by the Guardian before Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

When Thunderwing invaded the Ark once more, this time possessed by the Matrix, Blurr used his speed to good advantage, dodging the Decepticon's attacks and punching the Matrix-aura demon repeatedly. These blows accomplished little, though, and the aura punched him back. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} The Matrix was believed to be lost in this battle, and so Optimus Prime, who feared the imminent arrival of their race's godlike enemy, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], took drastic measures. The Autobot leader surrendered his forces to Scorponok's Decepticons, hoping to secure an alliance against the coming Chaos Bringer. This did not please Blurr and the other Autobots, who were forced to turn over their weapons and Nebulan partners. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Though Unicron was defeated during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' armistice, the latter faction, true to form, turned on their allies in short order. Now under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership, they rampaged on the planet [[Klo]], slaughtering its organic inhabitants. The Autobots, likewise under Grimlock's new management, followed Bludgeon's troops, but wound up stumbling into an ambush as soon as they made landfall. Blurr was among the casualties of the battle, his busted-up corpse littering the ground alongside many of his comrades. He was presumably resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]], who arrived to turn the tide of battle alongside Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In the future year [[2003]], Blurr was among the many Autobots stationed at the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] began his plans for a new [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. It was his responsibility to send a hyper-speeded radio signal to Earth's governments, informing them about the secret plans for the city. Apparently, the Autobots decided regular codes would be too much work, so they just had Blurr dictate the plans! {{storylink|Ark Duty}} He was also on-site a year later at the grand opening of Autobot City, and helped defend their honored human guests from an assault by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

In [[1990]], Blurr, Kup, and Hot Rod were captured by Megatron, but managed to escape thanks to the efforts of a double-agent named [[Warmonger]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

''Megatron went on to lead his Decepticons in an all-out offensive against Autobot City, only to be beaten back by Optimus Prime. Blurr witnessed the Autobot leader pass on the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before succumbing to the fatal wounds that had been dealt to him in this fateful duel.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

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[[File:MarvelUK87 Blurr.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Looking rather green in the gills]]
Shortly after the attack on Autobot City in [[2006]], Blurr received some psychic coaching from Unicron to follow the new Decepticon leader, Galvatron, back through time to [[1986]] and stop his plans. Blurr was joined by Kup and Hot Rod, and upon materializing in the 20th century they joined forces with the local Ultra Magnus. Being as colossally powerful as Galvatron was, Blurr and his allies decided subterfuge was the better course of action than brute force. In order to get Galvatron to return to the future without a fuss, they manipulated him into believing he had traveled cross-time to an alternate 1986, where his actions in the past would have no effect on his future. To this end, Blurr and his allies stashed [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s inert form out of the way, {{storylink|Target: 2006}} {{storylink|Stargazing}} disguised [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] as the former, and goaded Galvatron into destroying him. It really proved to be that simple, as Galvatron now believe his timeline couldn't come to pass, with Starscream having perished far too early. Galvatron returned to 2006 with his cronies, and Blurr, Kup and Hot Rod quickly followed suit. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Back in his own time, ''Blurr was among those gathered to hear a message from [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] as they reported Unicron's encroachment on [[Moonbase Two]]. As the Autobots prepared to head towards their allies and help them against the monster planet, they came under attack from Galvatron and his array of goons. Splitting into two groups, they narrowly managed to evade their pursuers by boarding a couple of shuttles and blasting off into space.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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''Blurr's group wound up on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], their shuttle badly damaged. They barely managed to get any work done on their ship before Galvatron tracked them down again. Ultra Magnus was torn to pieces in the ensuing battle, and Galvatron took off with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Blurr bemoaned that, without the Matrix, all hope was lost. Before any other opinions on the matter were offered, the hostile Junkions sprung forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived, and managed to talk peace with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], the Junkions' leader. Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a final confrontation against Unicron. In the clash, the Autobots' ship speared through the titan's eye. Blurr the rest of the crew were separated from Hot Rod inside Unicron, but the former's group found Spike, Bumblebee, and Jazz. They were soon rejoined by Hot Rod, but in his absence he had reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which had both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:MarvelUK119 Kup Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|And thrust!, 2!, 3!]]
After Unicron was defeated in 2006, Galvatron again fled back in time. Unaware of this, the Autobots searched high and low for the missing Galvatron, eventually forced into giving up when no trace of their quarry turned up in months. In Galvatron's absence, Blurr and the rest of the Autobots continued to battle the Decepticons over control of Cybertron, with Shockwave leading the enemy's armies, and Rodimus Prime now as the newly risen Autobot leader. Blurr was part of an Autobot ambush against an [[airborne hunter squad]] when, upon the mission's completion, the Autobots finally learned of Galvatron's whereabouts. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Blurr was once again on the team that went back to retrieve him, this time teamed with Kup, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} It was déjà vu all over again, as the future Autobots again joined forces with 20th century Ultra Magnus to counter Galvatron's latest scheme. The evil Decepticon planned to use a [[power siphon|magma siphon]] to drain power out of the [[Earth's core|planet's volcanic core]], and gain the strength of a god in the process. Mere seconds after locating Galvatron and engaging him in combat, however, Blurr and Kup were knocked off-line when Galvatron hurled Ultra Magnus's beaten body at them. {{storylink|Hunters}} After regrouping, the Autobots concocted a plan to steal Galvatron's [[time-jump trigger device]] and rewire it to propel them all back to their proper place and time. While Blurr and the others distracted Galvatron, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime attempted to make the proper modifications. In the end, however, only the Autobots were launched back to the future; Galvatron had modified the device so that the temporal backlash did not affect him, and he stayed in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Blurr remained one of Rodimus Prime's finest soldiers in the future. In [[2008]], he helped defend the Autobot position against a massive Decepticon offensive, {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} and accompanied Rodimus Prime on a rescue mission to Earth when the [[Quintesson]]s lay siege to Autobot City. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

When the [[Time rift|timestorm]] exploded over space in [[2009]], Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and several other Autobots in travelling back to [[1989]], in the hopes of somehow removing the menace caused by Galvatron's long-term temporal distortion. Unfortunately, the mechanics of the time-jump mass displacement shunted Optimus Prime and other Autobots of 1989 into [[Limbo]] as they arrived, leaving smoldering earth in their wakes. The neophyte Autobot sub-commander Fortress Maximus jumped to the wrong conclusions and led his 20th century warriors into battle with their 21st century counterparts. Blurr was double-teamed by [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] before Optimus managed to communicate with Maximus through the Matrix in Rodimus Prime's chest and call an end to the fighting. Despite being thrown for the loop, AND shot by Galvatron once the Autobots all lined up on one side, Blurr held out through the entire fight, and was still standing during Optimus Prime's climactic brawl with Galvatron, after nearly every other warrior had been downed. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:MarvelUK224 Head Toss.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Why couldn't Haywire be a Headmaster partner? [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Oh.]]]]
After the Time Wars, the Autobots returned to 2009, but found it radically changed in their absence. It seemed the timestream had rebooted itself as if Galvatron had never left for the past to cause the timestorm. With Galvatron still around to lead the Decepticons, they had managed to maintain control over Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and the Autobots held only a meager resistance movement on their homeworld. Blurr, Rodimus and the others returned to this "new" war as best they could, but were hopelessly outmatched on Cybertron. After suffering a communications breakdown with one of their outposts, Rodimus Prime and allies arrived only to find Galvatron had taken control of the base and slaughtered the Autobots present. He saved a particularly gruesome fate for Blurr, and actually tossed the poor Autobot's severed head at Rodimus Prime once he arrived. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

In another version of the future, Blurr actually survived! He lived 'til at least the year [[2510]] when he personally delivered the news to Rodimus Prime that the last Decepticon had been killed and the war was over. Of course, a new war between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and the [[Wreckers]] broke out within a solar cycle, so Blurr still had a chance to get killed in battle. {{storylink|Peace}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In yet [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|another alternate future]], the Autobots faced near-extinction in [[2009]] when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] destroyed Cybertron and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] had very nearly conquered Earth. Blurr and Kup were killed by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] during the Decepticons' rise to power. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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In [[2012]], while Optimus Prime was away on Earth, Blurr was stationed on Cybertron under the command of Hot Rod. Upon hearing that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] had breached the [[Hall of Silence]] and enveloped it in a [[null field]] to prevent Autobot intervention, Blurr rushed to Hot Rod's side to inform him as much. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Unfortunately, he couldn't provide any useful advice on dealing with the situation. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} Blurr attempted to find any variance in the null field's field harmonics, but after looking over its entire dome fifty times over, still couldn't find any way to breach it. Without options, Hot Rod was forced to order the destruction of the Hall, inadvertently covering Soundwave's escape with [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s remains. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] arrived on Cybertron and began corrupting Autobots' programming, Blurr remained unaffected. He saw [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] using the "Gene Key" on [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], and knew what to avoid after that. Along with [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], he formed a small group of survivors. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} They met up with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] at the [[Nursery (Cybertron)|Nursery]], and joined forces. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} At the [[Civil Defense Hub]], Blurr and the others fought through the evil Autobot and Decepticon defenders, retaking the defense grid. Unfortunately, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' were returning from Earth at that time, and the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] had already keyed in an attack sequence. Even Blurr's speed couldn't race through all possible combinations of the deactivation sequence fast enough, so Crosshairs shot one of the Clones and promised to shoot the other if he didn't shut the missiles down. The Decepticon complied. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Blurr worked security at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] during Hot Rod's first disastrous speech as leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} He later defended the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]] on the parapets during the Decepticon uprising. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Afterwards, Blurr joined Ultra Magnus in hunting down [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], but they were ambushed by [[Acolyte of Unicron|Unicron cultists]] and lost their quarry. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} He was also seen with a group of Autobots speeding to the rescue of the [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]] when the [[Primum Fugae]] attacked. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Blurr served on the bridge of Rodimus Prime's command vessel ''[[Priam]]'' when they attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], but even his hyper-reflexes weren't fast enough to raise shields against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s counter-attack. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} After being held prisoner, the Autobots escaped the Hub after Jhiaxus was taken down by the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} Back on Cybertron, Blurr and the Autobots discovered their world corrupted into a global necropolis by the [[Dark Matrix]]. They tracked the threat through the [[space bridge]] to [[Nebulos]] and Earth, and Blurr joined Ultra Magnus's squad on the first world where they defeated the possessed Galvatron and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Blurr took part in a mission to an asteroid to find a new source of [[energon]]. When [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] discovered a [[little informant|small life form]], Blurr had great fun playing with it, until Lightspeed insisted on conducting tests. After Magnus took the others in pursuit of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and ran into a bunch more Decepticons, Blurr was instructed to bring [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to the battleground. Blurr did so and even got to take a swipe at [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], but was promptly picked up and tossed into the distance by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. He came back pretty quickly, though. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

When [[Monitorus]] arrived on Cybertron with the news that [[Tau-Ursa]] had been attacked and leveled by the Decepticons, Blurr rushed him to Optimus Prime and started alliterating a lot in his speech. They were soon interrupted by a Decepticon attack, which Blurr took part in an attempt to repel. As it turned out, the attack was a diversion while Galvatron used his new [[Nullification Cannon]] to nullify Cybertron's energon supplies.

Later, Blurr and Hot Rod traveled to Tau-Ursa to inspect the damage and search for stray Decepticons. They stumbled on [[Apeface|Ape Face]], who had found a [[Logicon]] warning beacon. A struggle ensued, and Blurr was able to wrest the beacon's recording tape from the Decepticon. The pair high-tailed it back to Cybertron, where the tape turned out to contain the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], a planet containing a vast storehouse of energon. Blurr accompanied Optimus on a mission to the Decepticons' base on a derelict space destroyer to destroy the Nullification Cannon. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Blurr was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. He asked Springer to make note of several nearby stars. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. Once they had landed, Blurr scouted out their surroundings, unaware that he was being watched by the Junkions. Wanting his engine, that Junkions chased him down and attacked the Autobots. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Blurr and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Galvatron Attacks}}}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Blurr was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons, just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Blurr and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}

Blurr was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Kup, Wheelie, Springer, and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, BLurr and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus. Blurr was the first to reach Ultra Magnus, but as he was talking too fast, Ultra Magnus could not understand a word that Blurr was saying. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Blurr and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Blurr participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base, wherein he joined forces with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Together, they tried to slay [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Blurr was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of [[Decoy (G1)|decoys]] to distract the Decepticons, while Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Blurr then blasted the Matrix out of the crystal that held it, and the Autobots made their getaway. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}

===Desert of Danger===
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Blurr was stationed on the planet Nebulos when the Decepticons hatched a scheme to smuggle on-planet [[Attack Squad robot]]s. He was available as back up to the more active Hot Rod during his missions. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}

===Autobot Alert!===
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Alongside Springer and Beachcomber, Blurr was assigned a secret mission; to uncover the location of a sphere of cybertite, containing an ancient Autobot formula. When Decepticon storm troopers blasted their way into the Autobots’ research lab, Blurr was able to escape the skirmish and report back to Autobot headquarters about the situation. Upon his arrival at Metroplex city, Blurr learned that the Autobots had just learned of another crisis at hand; the Decepticons were taking over Earth's communication satellites. In spite of this, both he and Kup insisted that dealing with the Decepticons who stole the coded message should take top priority.

If Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Blurr was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Blurr took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If the Autobots decided to scope out the nearby crater first, Blurr raced Hot Rod to it, finding it void of any Decepticon activity. Combing the crater, the pair then found Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, and set out to rescue him. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Blurr was sent ahead to scout out the crater while the rest of the Autobots headed for the California coast. Fast as he was, Blurr was able to make it to the crater, double back, and meet up with the rest of the Autobot forces just as they arrived at the California coast. En route, he had spotted the incoming Decepticons, and warned Ultra Magnus to act quickly. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus came up with, Sludge and Hot Rod worked together to retrieve the sphere from the ship. Blurr was then tasked to return the sphere to Metroplex, while the rest of the Autobots lay hidden, ready to ambush the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Blurr was one of the Autobot Targetmasters who ruined a Decepticon energy operation at the Nebulan north pole by using thermal lasers to sink [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] into the melting ice he had rested upon. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Cold War Blurr punches Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Prime is LITERALLY made of [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|sterner stuff]].]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s "joint" takeover of Cybertron with Ultra Magnus, Blurr was among the Autobots who rebelled against the idea. He joined an underground Autobot cell led by Kup and Hot Rod to oppose Shockwave. Along with fellow cell members Hot Rod and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], he observed a Decepticon shuttle (actually piloted by the Dinobots) from the [[Wastelands]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Later, after [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] brought an unconscious Optimus Prime to their base, Blurr and Wheelie tried to subdue the legendary Autobot from mistakenly pounding Gnaw to death after he woke up. (Blurr's attempt was to punch Optimus in the face, which nearly broke his hand. Points for gumption.) {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, Blurr participated in Optimus Prime's Autobot uprising, battling the Decepticons and [[Guardian robot]]s, which ended Shockwave's rule. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''}}
[[File:SpotlightBlurr-ImTheNews.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|And when you put it all together there's the model of a charmless man]]
Before the war, Blurr was the number one [[Cybertronian sport|racer]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} He once raced against [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] {{storylink|Iron in the Blood}} and during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], he won the [[Ibex Cup]] for the tenth cycle running. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} When he retired, he planned to buy and run his favourite bar, [[the Circle]]. Obsessive mega-fan [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] mistook a hurried 'yeah go away now' gesture to mean Blurr wanted to open the bar with ''him''. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} Another huge fan of his was [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], who wanted to be as fast as him someday. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

The stardom provided by Blurr's racing success meant he got into the best clubs, was worshiped by fans, and was a grade-A jackass, to the point where he couldn't be bothered remembering his [[Piston (mechanic)|co-workers]]' names. However all this changed when the war broke out. The race track was bombed and the races themselves canceled. Blurr found himself despairing, due to his life falling apart and to both factions attempting to recruit him. Not long after encountering [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], who attempted to convince him to join the Decepticon ranks, Blurr got caught up in a gunfight that resulted in the death of Piston, one of his coworkers, as well as friend and colleague [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]]. After being on the receiving end of some harsh but fair words from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|a young pre-Prime Optimus]], he realized that he'd been relying upon the races to give him purpose in life; and beyond that—serving the Autobot cause would give him an even better purpose. Blurr accepted the mission to attempt to inform Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' attack plans and became an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

[[File:Blurr at Party The Iron Age.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Unfortunately, Zeta Prime went on to become an oppressive tyrant who only pushed the planet further into war, and Blurr would long harbor regret for having saved his life. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Having found his way into illegal underground racing during Zeta's rule, Blurr was hanging out at the [[Brake-Street]] underground racing hub when he witnessed Optimus Prime's rallying call for additional support against the new Decepticon rule. {{storylink|Broadcast}} He was quick to join the Autobots in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and participate in the battle for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame}} During the Autobots' battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Blurr led a harassment team to lure the monster into a trap. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

Sometime after that, Blurr was working with Optimus Prime and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] in defense of one of Cybertron's major cities. Using his speed, he broke through the Decepticon ranks and kept them distracted while the other Autobots held the line. He and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were seen celebrating later on at the victory party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the present day, Blurr began working alongside the Wreckers and was captured by [[Turmoil]] alongside several of them, but was rescued by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] who recruited him into a new elite fighting unit on board the starship ''[[Trion]]''. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[File:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Blurr battles without honor or humanity.]]
After [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was recruited into the crew of the ''Trion'', Blurr spent quite some time playing [[Go (game)|Go]] with him, although the name of the game confused him. He later reported [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]]'s status to Kup and helped save [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]]. {{storylink|Lost & Found}}

Blurr was on the ''Trion'' when the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the devastated surface of Cybertron. Blurr and the rest of the team survived the crash and met up with Optimus Prime's unit, who were also stranded on the planet. Prime had suffered heavy damage back on Earth, and [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] was now in charge. When Jazz got a little uppity with Kup, Blurr tried to bring him down...only to find out that "hard core" beats fast every time. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} The two Autobot units began working together under Kup and Jazz, and found themselves on the run from the [[Insecticon swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Blurr and Drift were sent out on scouting patrol to keep the Autobots informed of the Swarm's movements. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

Unfortunately, Blurr was too far away when the swarm actually made their move, and by the time he reached his comrades with a warning, they were already under attack. He later offered to blow up a bridge to keep the swarm away, but Kup wouldn't let him, as not even Blurr could outrun an explosion. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} The Autobot base was eventually overrun by the swarm, but Blurr and the others were saved by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

[[File:RudeAwakening-Blurrcar.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Hey, look, I have an Earth mode!]]
Two years later, Blurr was still stationed on Earth with the Autobots under Optimus Prime's command. After Prime surrendered himself to [[Skywatch]], Blurr initially rejected Hot Rod's proposal to abandon the humans and their planet. He remained behind in the caves with the Autobots who, after a vote, came under [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s leadership. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Once [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived, however, the mood in the camp shifted appreciably. Many Autobots noticed Bumblebee's lack of authority in the shadow of Ultra Magnus and began to worry they would be somehow blamed or even arrested for Prime's actions. Blurr chose to leave the Autobots along with [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and they drove off to find Hot Rod. Not long after their departure, though, the foursome were attacked by a Skywatch patrol. Blurr's comrades were disabled by [[Mode lock|mode-lock]] technology, and only his hyper-speed allowed him to escape capture as well. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

[[File:ImpossibleKnot-Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Or wait, no. Sorry.]]
All of Blurr's speed was useless when he didn't know where to go. He wandered the desert for days, fruitlessly trying to reach Hot Rod's group via his Autobot comms. Eventually, he was confronted by Bumblebee and his unit, who had made a Faustian deal with Skywatch to hunt down the Decepticons still active on the planet. Blurr was the first Autobot Skywatch had sent them after, and the Autobots had only agreed after [[Gordon Horiuchi|their contact]] demonstrated the ability to mode-lock the Autobots remotely using the badges which had been provided to them. Blurr, already anxious, didn't take Bumblebee's request to surrender very well, and he actually shot his friend in the chest while trying to escape. He was brought back to the caves by the Autobots, but they ultimately refused to turn him over to Skywatch. They found a way to escape Skywatch's domination when Bumblebee's badge malfunctioned due to Blurr's blast, leaving him unaffected by the mode lock. In order to keep Skywatch in the dark, they enlisted Blurr to recover a duplicate yellow Volkswagen Beetle to turn over to Skywatch as "Bumblebee". Despite his concerns, Blurr reluctantly agreed to help with the plan. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}}

[[File:Blurr Enemies of the System.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Dan Abnormal, not normal at all It's not his fault, we made him this way]]
After the termination of their short-lived alliance with Horiuchi, Ultra Magnus returned, demanding assistance from Bumblebee's Autobots to arrest the self-declared [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|"Rodimus Prime"]] and his followers for colluding with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s Decepticons. Overruling Bumblebee's authority, he also deputised Blurr, dismissing Bumblebee's protests that the speedy Autobot had recently endured a major trauma at the hands of Skywatch. They arrived at the construction site of Rodimus's starship and watched as the two Autobot commanders bickered over the point of arresting somebody for treason now that the war was over. However, all argument between the Autobots ceased when Swindle revealed his treachery through his latest creation: the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] combiner [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

The battle against the new gestalt warrior was going poorly for Blurr and the others until help literally dropped from the sky...landing right on top of Swindle. Optimus Prime joined the fight and the Autobots eventually managed to subdue Menasor. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}} At Bumblebee's discretion, Blurr and the other Autobots allied themselves fully with Skywatch. {{storylink|All His Engines}}

Four months later, the Decepticons returned to Earth and devastated the Autobot-Skywatch base. Ultra Magnus led Blurr and the others to regroup at Omega Supreme, though they were chased by humans with Cybertronian weaponry on the way. The convoy came to a swift stop when it ran into Megatron, whose new and upgraded body allowed him to shrug off the Autobots' firepower and take them all out with a single blast. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

A few weeks later, Blurr was present at Omega Supreme when Rodimus came back from space with a bunch of long-lost Autobots in tow. He listened to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] tell stories, then joined the rest of the Autobots in leaving Earth and returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} Back on their home planet, they fought against both [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Megatron's Decepticons. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

[[File:Blurr communicator Devisive.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0|It was me Blurry!]]
With the war officially over, [[NAIL|unaffiliated Cybertronians]] came flooding back to Cybertron, and in order to keep everything in check the Autobots had the captured Decepticons act as enforcers. This had the expected results. Blurr, Prowl, and [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] caught [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]] assaulting [[Tappet]] for writing graffiti, but to Blurr's confusion, Prowl had him arrest the ''victim'' for disturbing the peace. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Blurr later did crowd control against a Decepticon riot that had broken out in response to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s death. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

Blurr was soon placed as a guard at the [[reclamation tunnel]]s, overseeing Decepticons working at sifting through refuse. When [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]] was found murdered in a tunnel, Blurr informed [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] of the Decepticon's identity and led him to the only witness, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who was infected with a [[cerebro-shell]]. Blurr was shortly ordered to pursue [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who found aid in the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. The Decepticons overwhelmed and knocked out the Autobot, but [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] was sent to the rescue and carried Blurr to safety. Blurr later woke up worse for the wear and berated Prowl for allowing him to enter a dangerous situation without backup. {{storylink|Devisive}}

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In need of something to do while he recovered from his injuries, Blurr remembered his old plan to run a bar one day. He was unsure if it was the right time and place for it, but found support in [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and decided to reopen [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] the next day, leaving the Autobot army behind. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} While serving Starscream and [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], he was asked for his input on Turmoil's arrival on Cybertron and told them of his experiences with meeting Turmoil and Drift years earlier. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}} Bumblebee later approached Blurr asking him for help in finding a lost Ironhide, but he refused to return to the Autobot fold because of Prowl, whose recent actions were reminding him of Zeta Prime and his own regrets about saving the corrupt Prime. He relented once Bumblebee asked him to do it for Ironhide's sake. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

Blurr was sent out into the Cybertronian wilderness to search for Ironhide and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], but was interrupted when a sudden explosion ripped a hole in the ground. He was less than thrilled when Prowl and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] showed up to investigate, but followed them into the underground where they found the ancient [[Crystal City]] and a gigantic inactive [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. While Prowl wanted to keep everyone else out of the cave, Blurr and Metalhawk disagreed and led several Decepticons into it, and as a result they witnessed the Titan's surprising announcement that Starscream was the conqueror who would unite all Cybertronians. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

[[File:ThreeMonologues BlurrDeniesStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0]]
When the Decepticon population began rioting in celebration of Megatron's return, Blurr took refuge in Maccadam's alongside some of his loyal patrons. {{storylink|City on Fire}} While barring the place up he was approached by Arcee, who claimed Dirge and Swindle had incriminating information about Prowl and convinced Blurr to bring them to Bumblebee. {{storylink|The Verge}} Agreeing to investigate, Bumblebee and Metalhawk followed them to Prowl's quarters only for the group to be caught in a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Blurr was injured trying to protect Swindle, who repaid him by hiding him away from the fighting. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

In the aftermath of the battle, Starscream rose to leadership of the neutrals and had all Autobots and Decepticons banished from Iacon. Though he officially left the Autobots in favor of remaining in the city, Blurr had no love for Starscream and flatly refused to let him use Maccadam's as a place to "connect" with the populace. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} He was then distracted from the rebuilding of his bar by what appeared to be an early sunrise. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The cause of this turned out to be the arrival of the [[Necrotitan]], which proceeded to emanate a wave of destruction that devastated Iacon. Starscream attempted to shield Blurr and several other neutrals from the wave's advance. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} As the titan wandered into Iacon, Blurr grabbed a gun and tried to fight it off, {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} then helped [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] evacuate civilians from the burning city. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:ABotAndHerCity BlurrBartends.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Following the defeat of the Necrotitan, Blurr boarded the returned ''[[Lost Light]]'' to check out its own bar, [[Swerve's]]. He didn't recognize the owner. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He went on to attend the trial of Megatron {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} and reestablish Maccadam's Old Oil House in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], what with Iacon being ruined and all. When [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by, he provided her with free drinks and complaints about the recent blackouts. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} After Windblade was injured in an explosion, [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] showed up at Maccadam's looking to interview people on the matter, and Blurr had to show them the exit. He later followed Windblade, [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], and the two reporters into Metroplex's insides to confirm Windblade's claim that Starscream was "mining" the titan for [[Regenesis]] ore. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} With Windblade in danger, Blurr rallied some of his regulars, and the misfit group wound up clashing with Starscream's Terrorcon enforcers. The fight ended with Blurr and the others in custody; Starscream offered him amnesty... ''if'' he helped remove Windblade from her position of power, which Blurr wasn't keen on doing. When Chromia arrived to spring the gang, Blurr and the others stayed behind to distract the guards while the two Camiens made their way to Metroplex's command center. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Blurr didn't hold out for long, and wound up unconscious while Starscream set off to confront Windblade. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

After Starscream brought Wheeljack back online to help with a [[Superion (G1)|secret project]], Blurr threw a party at Maccadam's to celebrate the return of his good friend. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

[[File:RaceAgainstTheLight BlurrWins.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.35|[[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Don't you call me a fool, 'cuz baby you know that I'm way past cool!]]]]
Several weeks later, Cybertron had made formal contact with the lost colony world of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], although diplomatic negotiations between the two planets went poorly due to a [[combiner]] arms race. During a lull in the fighting, Blurr served drinks to [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} With the combiner crisis averted, Blurr hosted another "Not the End of the World" party. He wound up trading barbs with [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]], a [[Velocitron]]ian delegate whom Windblade had invited to showcase the melding of Cybertronian and Camien culture. Unable to convince Knock Out of their good intentions, Windblade hatched a new plan—enter Blurr into the [[Benefit 500]] on Velocitron to beat them at their own game—a plan that Blurr was eager to get behind if it meant showing up the arrogant Velocitronian who had criticized his weight. Accompanied by Chromia and Ironhide, Windblade, and Blurr bridged to Velocitron. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}} After arriving at the city of [[Delta]], Blurr joined the race as a last minute entry while Windblade and Chromia went off to meet [[Navitas]], the planet's Titan. Eager to get back into the racing profession, Blurr found that the people of Velocitron were more than a match for the former racer: not only were they faster than him, they were unafraid to deploy all kinds of nasty gizmos to bump him into last place. Gaining a second wind, Blurr landed in first place after Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to reshape the track, taking out the competition and guiding Blurr to a suitably flashy victory. As the winner of the race, Blurr used his request to ask the people of Velocitron if they would join the [[Council of Worlds]], to which they agreed. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}}

After returning to Cybertron, Blurr tried to do the dishes while being accosted by [[Slag (G1)|Slug]], who had had a little too much to drink. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} With five colonies now part of the Council, Starscream decided to throw a new holiday: the completely egocentric [[Chosen One Day]]... although things didn't go according to plan. Blurr was once again accosted by a drunk Slug, who appreciated the bartender. He later joined up with Windblade and some of the other delegates to pay Starscream a visit, offering him the gift of friendship for a few hours. {{storylink|Choose Me}} When a [[Drunkatron|drunk Decepticon]] began harassing two other customers, [[Lancer]] and [[Greenlight]], Blurr called up [[I.H. Cybertronian Securities]] to escort him off the premises. {{storylink|07:00:00}} He later participated in the battle against the horde of [[zombie]] [[Titan (group)|Titans]] that attacked Iacon, fighting alongside Knock Out. {{storylink|Desperate Times}} When it was decided that Cybertron could only survive if [[Vigilem|Carcer]] joined the fight in robot mode, Blurr was part of [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]]'s team to distract the Carcerians while Windblade made her way to the [[brain module]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}}

[[File:TheChosenOne BlurrAsksWindblade.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"So run, Windblade...''run''."{{-}}"You can't solve all problems by running, Blurr."]]
When the time came for [[Earth]] to properly join the Council of Worlds, Blurr made sure his patrons could watch all the festivities before the [[Iron Ring]] struck. When interviewed for his opinion on the matter, Blurr confessed to understanding the humans' anger but felt he should have seen the invasion coming. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

Shortly after the invasion, Windblade revealed that "Carcer" had in fact been Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had freed his master from confinement before his death and that the ancient Prime was doubtlessly plotting horrible revenge. The news made waves in society and sparked a call for general elections. Leaving [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] to watch the bar, Blurr went with [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to try and convince Windblade to run for office. After Windblade garnered enough signatures to qualify as a candidate, Blurr set up a booth for her to listen to suggestions, comments and grievances from the voters. When Windblade won the election, Blurr took part in the victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:Unicron4 Blurr Dies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|"...You didn't see that coming." —'''Green Arrow''']]
Blurr paid little attention to the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], believing it to be the next in a long line of crises that would soon pass. When the monster began physically attacking Cybertron, Blurr remained in his bar until he noticed the [[magic]]al light of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] making people disappear. While he had an inkling of doubt that the light was simply disintegrating them instead of evacuating them, Blurr overcame his doubts with good faith and unhesitatingly channeled all his power to throw his fellows into the ribbon to save them. Unfortunately, even at full speed, he wasn't fast enough to outrun a collapsing planet, violently exploding as the ground beneath him was torn asunder. {{storylink|Road's End}} Later, Blurr's spirit appeared among the many dead glimpsed by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] as he sacrificed his own life to help defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''United''===
Blurr was a participant of the Autobots' battles against the Decepticons throughout the ages, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

When a deadly nano-virus infected the Autobots stationed on Earth, Blurr, along with the rest of the Targetmasters and Headmasters, found himself immune to it. Blurr and the rest of the healthy Autobots traveled to Nebulos in order to retrieve a cure concocted by Supreme Scientist Zella. Once there, Blurr determined that there was no Decepticon activity via their ship's computer. Suspicious nonetheless, Kup left Blurr in charge of the ship's computer while he led a squad into the field. Kup's suspicions were confirmed when it was revealed that a squad of Decepticons had hidden in inner-space nearby to avoid detection. The Autobots retrieved the cure nonetheless, and Blurr was commended for his heroic actions when he returned to Earth. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Blurr ran away in fear from [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], the combined form of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Blurr was on [[Velocitron]], competing in the planet's biggest race opposite [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. However, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked the race to try and capture Blurr's [[Titan Master]] [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Hyperfire]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the latter days of the Great War, Blurr was partnered with [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]] and [[Hyperfire]] as a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Blurr raced in and won [[Speedia 500]] on Velocitron; rather than becoming the planet's leader, however, he delegated the task of leading the planet's [[Senate]] to [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] and left the planet. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] classified his own speed as below that of Blurr, but still admirable. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a particularly blue Blurr was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheSpeedwayOfCentralConsciousness-racing.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

Widely considered to be the fastest Cybertronian in history, Blurr's legend inspired future generations of athletes, including [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. While probing Cheetor's memories, the [[Vok]] emissary [[Pakak]] challenged him to a race by transforming his digital avatar into a copy of Blurr. {{storylink|The Speedway of Central Consciousness}}

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===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
[[File:Velocitron Speedia 500 1-1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]

Blurr of the "Comic Universe" competed in the [[Speedia 500]] for the chance to become leader of [[Velocitron]]. He used his superior speed to make an early lead, but the tactics of his fellow competitors allowed them to catch up. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1}} Blurr would ultimately lose to former champion [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}}

Blurr took part in the second week of the race, where he was met by a trio of new racers. He would later see one of those racers, [[Galaxy Shuttle]], win this iteration of the race. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

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===''Energon Universe''===
[[File:TF15-Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

Blurr was part of [[Elita One (G1)#energon universe|Elita One's]] team of Autobots on Decepticon controlled Cybertron. He accompanied [[Bluestreak (G1)#energon universe|Bluestreak]] on a mission to recover [[Warpath (G1)#energon universe|Warpath]], but found a displaced [[Cliffjumper (G1)#energon Universe|Cliffjumper]] as well. He scouted a route ahead of the others, but his route still included a Decepticon to be dispatched. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Blurr stormed the gates of the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] along with Bluestreak and Warpath while Cliffjumper, Elita One and [[Blades (G1)#energon Universe|Blades]] used the remnant sparks of Cliffjumper's slaughtered clan to create the new autobot, [[Shredhead]] {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}

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===''Transformers: Worst Bot Ever''===
[[File:WorstBotEver-Blurr.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]

During the war for Cybertron, [[Ballpoint]] tried to kill Blurr, who simply laughed at the "cute" Decepticon before transforming and driving off. {{storylink|Meet Ballpoint!}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Blurr, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] came to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Blurr used his speed to good use against both Starscream and Skywarp, but was stopped dead in his tracks by a shot courtesy of Cyclonus. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*A stone sculpture of Blurr was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Blurr charged into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Wheelie, firing at the enemy, until he got knocked aside by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s "rocket car" mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}
*Blurr and Rodimus drove to one of the Autobots' laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] that there had been an accident, and that the newest Autobots were monsters! Fortunately, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
*Blurr fought alongside Rodimus Prime on Cybertron as Transformers, both Autobots and Decepticons, left their world to expand the war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}

==Games==
===The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth===
[[File:C64Blurr.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|I can transform too! *flump*]]
Along with his fellow Autobots, Blurr protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}

===The Transformers (G1 PS2)===
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When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] threatened the universe using [[Zel Quartz]] in 2010, Blurr was one of the Autobots warriors who travelled back in time to 2003 to prevent Zel Quartz from ever being cultivated for use by Cybertronians.

====Decepticon story====
While searching for Zel Quartz in the present, the Decepticons hunted down several leads, including a drill bit forged from a meteorite. Separated from the rest of his team in the crash, Blurr confronted the Decepticons in the desert as they searched for the drill.

====Autobot story====
Blurr rejoined the present and future Autobots in their campaign after the second false lead for the quartz on [[Zel Samine]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Following a Decepticon attack on [[New York City]], Blurr joined [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s team of infiltrators on a hunt for Decepticons. They were thwarted by three of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn}} Blurr joined a team led by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to help track down the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives (Legends)|Call of the Primitives}}

Blurr was involved in a conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his Decepticons, which led to his Autobot teammates, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] being forced to take cover in the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blurr was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Blurr appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Red. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBlurr.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Blurr participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 55 units of Cybermetal, and 24 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blurr-Earth Wars.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
Blurr joined the Earth Wars at the same time as [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. {{storylink|Burning Rubber}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
As one of the fastest Cybertronians in the universe, even undergoing the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process didn't slow Blurr down, who used his great speed to deliver messages and data anywhere his commanders needed him to go. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Blurr (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
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*Blurr was present in the [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|first draft]] of Transformers the Movie. In it he was still superfast but in contrast to this he talked in a very slow manner.
*Blurr's [[character model]] depicts him with various inbuilt weapons: a proton discharger atop his head, [[Electron blaster|turbo electron blasters]] in his shoulders, and photon stun beams in his elbows.<ref>[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/transformers-1986-character-binder.html Transformers: 1986 character binder at the Sunbow/Marvel Archive]</ref>
*No matter the continuity, Blurr's pattern of speech inevitably becomes inspired by his original cartoon portrayal's speed-talking. You can try to write him differently. [[Bob Budiansky]] did. [[Shane McCarthy]] did. But it [[Simon Furman|won't]] [[Zander Cannon|last]].
*Forbes.com declared Blurr to be the fastest fictional car, beating out Speed Racer's ''{{w|Mach Five}}'' by a top speed difference of over 500 mph.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/07/fastest-fictional-cars-forbeslife-cx_mn_de_0507fictional_slide_2.html Blurr named fastest car by Forbes]</ref>
*In 2010, a set of Blurr's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to his final model and toys, this early color model depicted him with lavender parts.
*Originally, Blurr was going to be used in ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', but after re-looking at [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]], [[Nick Roche]] decided that his power and cheery personality would work better. "It's nice to use a character who gets no love."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two at Auto Assembly 2009]</ref>
*Blurr's death in [[Road's End|the fourth issue]] of the world-ending crossover event ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'' is an homage of sorts to [[DC Comics]]' {{w|Flash (comics)|The Flash}}, who famously died in DC's massive world-ending 1986 crossover event, ''{{w|Crisis on Infinite Earths}}''. Blurr even refers to the events of the story as a "crisis" to sell the reference. Additionally, he calls himself "the fastest Cybertronian alive" in reference to the Flash's well-known "fastest man alive" tagline, and explains his powers as "fun facts", a play on the "Flash Facts" that the Flash used to explain either his powers or a plot point.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blurr''' (ブラー ''Burā'')
*''English:'' '''Wally''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Brouillo''' (Canada), '''Blurro''' (France, ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Blörr''', '''Hadari''' (''The Movie'', "Sputtery")
*''Italian:'' '''Flash'''
*''Korean:'' '''Blurr''' (블러 ''Beulleo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Luōsuo''' (China, 啰嗦, "Wordy")
*''Russian:'' '''Blurr''' (Блер ''Bler'')
*''Bulgarian:'' '''Blair''' (Блеър ''Bleur'')

==References==
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Bluestreak (G1)

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:''Bluestreak is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Anime Bluestreak boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm f***ing PONDEROUS, man. PONDEROUS, f***in' PONDEROUS.]]
'''Bluestreak''' (aka '''Silverstreak'''<ref name="silver">"Silverstreak" was [[Hasbro]]'s substitute name for numerous new toys of Bluestreak between 2004 and 2010 because the name "Bluestreak" was not available to them as a [[trademark]] at the time. Hasbro finally managed to reacquire the name "Bluestreak" in 2010 and first used it for a toy of a [[Bluestreak (Speed Stars)|new character]] from the [[live-action film series]] simply to keep the trademark. In the meantime, the name "Silverstreak" had also been used in fiction, namely in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] and the 2010 [[The Transformers: Ironhide|''Ironhide'' miniseries]]. He was finally referred to as "Bluestreak" again in 2012's [[City on Fire|issue 12]] of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]''. Surprisingly, the name "Silverstreak" was ''still'' used in the 2012-onwards [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers Legends'' mobile game]].</ref>) is a talker. He talks a lot. Any subject, any time of the day, his lips are flapping while his Autobot comrades are rolling their eyes. Could be about things on Earth, could be about things on Cybertron, could be about just about anything, but the point is, y'know, he's talking. Words are coming out of his mouth in a near constant prattling stream. Some think he's vapid, that his mouth just moves a billion times faster than his brain, if his brain is moving at all. Or they imagine that he's a fool who doesn't know when to shut up, that he drones on and on and on and on because maybe he just likes to hear himself speak or something.

His friends realize, however, that his jabbering hides a deeper pain. At the beginning of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Bluestreak's [[Praxus|home city]] was totally destroyed by [[Decepticon]]s. He was the only survivor. It's as if by talking he tries to drown out his own fears and memories somehow. "There's some demons runnin' loose inside that boy," says [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], "and sometimes I think they grab hold of him and won't let him go." He hated war, he still does, but ever since, he's hated Decepticons even more. It is odd to see a bot of peace so willingly take up arms, but Bluestreak's got a score to settle.

Talk may be cheap, but it keeps him sane.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Bluestreakandthereshallcome.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"The War Within" forgot about this design... thankfully!]]
''Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bluestreak was escorted by [[Fusion (Marvel)|Fusion]] on a mission to deliver shatter bombs to the Autobot military commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Fusion was focused on picking off the Decepticon jets which were hounding his partner when a blast from one of these Decepticons killed Fusion. Bluestreak was able to complete the mission thanks to his friend's efforts, but he swore revenge.'' {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}}

[[File:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You can taste his sarcasm. To be fair, nobody likes Mirage.]]
Bluestreak arrived on [[Earth]] with his fellow Autobots four million years ago and remained inactive until [[1984]]. Along with [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], Bluestreak was one of the less sympathetic of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew when it came to humans. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} In an early mission in the [[United Kingdom]], he provided covering fire for an Autobot convoy, using his sharpshooting skills to knock [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] out of the sky with '''one shot'''. Don't mess. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}}

He suggested repairing the Ark and simply abandoning Earth's people to the Decepticons after learning that [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] had allegedly provided their foes with a fuel conversion process while he was their prisoner. Despite their conflicting views, Optimus Prime still recognized Bluestreak's skill as a sharpshooter and chose him to be one of the five Autobots recharged in the [[Tubes of Transference]], in the hopes that at least some Autobots would be at full capacity when the inevitable Decepticon attack came. When it did, Bluestreak was brazen enough to attack [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] himself, head-on. Despite their temporary victory, the battle-weary Autobots were blindsided by the returning Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], who knocked them all down with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Bluestreak was hung from the ceiling of the Ark, prepared by Shockwave to be used as spare parts for the next generation of Decepticons. {{storylink|The New Order}} [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] beheld him in this sad state as the last surviving Autobot infiltrated the now Decepticon-controlled ship {{storylink|Warrior School!}} but the medic managed to re-secure the Ark, and Bluestreak was subsequently rebuilt. Afterwards, to make sure all of the Autobots were back in fighting shape, Ratchet had Bluestreak and the others go on a diagnostics run through the open plains. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[File:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Will talk without end for forever about nothing at all, yet doesn't mention that Prowl is speaking from Ratchet's body.]]
During a mission to stop [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] from broadcasting a transmission to their Decepticon brethren back on Cybertron, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots to confront the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. This effort almost ended badly when the Constructicons revealed they could merge into the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but Bluestreak and the others were saved by Huffer and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} It soon became apparent to the Autobots that [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s life was in danger so long as he carried the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] while the Decepticons kept hostage the head of Optimus Prime, so Bluestreak and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] were assigned to guard him. Bluestreak's embarrassing line of questioning about what [[kiss]]ing entailed was interrupted when he and Bumblebee were attacked by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. Bluestreak reacted quickly, taking the Decepticon out with a blast from his [[Ion-charge disperser rifle|ion-dispenser rifle]], but was less prepared when the pair were assaulted by the Decepticon prototype warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. After he suffered heavy wounds, his life was saved once again by a human; Buster Witwicky used the power of the Creation Matrix to disassemble Jetfire before their eyes. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

[[File:Arkchristmastree.jpg|right|thumb|250px|This moment where Bluestreak tells someone ELSE to be quiet will be stricken from the record.]]

''As the Witwickys celebrated [[Christmas]] at the Ark, Bluestreak argued with [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] over the strategic value and social utility of a Christmas tree. The two Autobots concluded that Optimus participated in the Earth's bizarre rituals as a show of gratitude towards Buster for carrying the Matrix of Creation for him in the Autobots' time of need.'' {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}} ''Bluestreak was one of the Autobots involved in the argument over Prowl's plan to create dedicated Autobot warriors using the Matrix, siding with those in favor of creating "[[Ultimate Autobot]]s." {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} He was also at the Ark when attacked by [[Peter Anthony Morris]] using the Dinobot, [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]].'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}

While Bluestreak and Bumblebee were helping Buster, Optimus Prime had been restored, but not without cost to the Autobot ranks. To help offset this, Bluestreak and Mirage assisted with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] on Jetfire, whom Optimus Prime had recently given life. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bluestreak was sent with [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to [[Doonstown]] to capture the berserk [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], but they were surprised to find Grimlock locked in battle with [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]]. Bluestreak was the first member of the team down, deactivated by the crazed Dinobots before he had a chance to react.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

When Bumblebee was targeted by the Decepticons, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot squad dispatched to intercept the enemy and rescue his friend. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}} ''He was also present at the Ark shortly before Optimus Prime's first encounter with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]].'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|And the rest... is silence.]]

During Grimlock's command, Bluestreak left the Ark to cheer beside the other Autobots as they watched Grimlock fight [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] for Autobot leadership. The bout was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and though the evil robots managed to strike a devastating first blow, Blaster and Grimlock managed to put their differences aside long enough to lead their troops together. Many Autobots were badly damaged in the ensuing scuffle, though Bluestreak was still standing after the Decepticons had been sent into a retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}} After Blaster rejoined the Autobots, Bluestreak helped put him through his paces in a training exercise. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Later, Bluestreak was among the Autobots who responded to a distress call sent by Buster in close proximity to the Decepticons' Arctic base. A battle between the two factions erupted, though it came to an abrupt end when all involved learned that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was manipulating them. Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to stop the treacherous Seeker from absorbing the power of the [[Underbase]], but Starscream managed to take into himself enough to render him nigh-unstoppable. Several squads were formed and planted in key cities to stop Starscream's rampage across the globe, Bluestreak getting stationed in [[New York City|New York]]. There, he was overwhelmed by Starscream, but not before some choice words. Starscream noted that Bluestreak spoke "freely, but foolishly," and ended his life, along many others', with little effort. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

====''Transformers '84''====
Four million years ago, Bluestreak was among a group of Autobots who joined Optimus Prime as part of the Ark's crew. Hoping for a change of scenery, he was unaware of the missions true purpose; the sacrifice of Optimus and some of the Autobot's finest in a trap to save the universe from Megatron's tyranny. With The Ark's hull breached by Megatron and his Decepticon forces, the crew valiantly fight for their lives. And so begins the story of... THE TRANSFORMERS {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3", "Divide and Conquer" & "SOS Dinobots"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Immobilizer"), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, "Enter the Nightbird"), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese, "Microbots"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "Fire on the Mountain"), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots", "Day of the Machines")|[[Liu Qin]] (Chinese), [[Ulises Cuadra]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Adrián Wowczuk]] (Latin-American Spanish ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Dario de Castro]] (Portuguese, "S.O.S. Dinobots" & "War of the Dinobots"), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Doom, Part 2"), [[Christian Weygand]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dubs of "More Than Meets The Eye, Part 3" & "S.O.S. Dinobots"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French, "City of Steel" and "Enter the Nightbird"), Unknown (European French, "Attack of the Autobots"), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Stefano Macchi]] (Italian, ''40th Anniversary Event'' dub)}}

[[File:MTMTE3 Bluestreak rescues Ironhide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Bluestreak talks about how he's gonna save Ironhide]]
Bluestreak was one of the original crew members of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it set off from Cybertron in search of new sources of fuel and energy. Attacked en route by the Decepticon flagship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the Ark crashed into a volcano, and the Autobots lay dormant for millions of years. When the volcano erupted and activated [[Teletraan I]] in 1984, Bluestreak was reformatted into a Datsun 280Z. Shortly after Hound and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] discovered [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s plans, Bluestreak was part of the Autobot battle group dispatched to follow Megatron's raid on an off-shore oil rig, despite not having been ordered to do so. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

After rescuing the humans, he was also among the Autobots who responded to the Decepticon attack on [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}. Then, when the Decepticons managed to extricate themselves from the mine explosion, Bluestreak and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] took to the air and engaged in a dogfight with [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]]. He avoided injury, but abandoned the chase when Ironhide was shot down and managed to drag his friend to safety after a water landing. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:G1 Prowl Bluestreak Rollforit.jpg|left|thumb|Prowl always dreads the family reunions.]]
After Megatron was seemingly lost forever inside the [[space bridge]], the Autobots thwarted an ill-planned Decepticon attack on yet another hydroelectric power plant under the command of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. Chasing after the escaping Decepticons, Bluestreak managed to damage both Starscream and Thundercracker significantly with a single blast from his shoulder cannons. He and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] followed the fleeing villains to a human aircraft hangar, from which the Decepticons were scavenging parts. Bluestreak accused Starscream of having a [[Anatomic euphemism#Manifold|manifold]] for a mouth. It was hilarious, but both Autobots were outnumbered when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] unleashed [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]]. Fortunately, their human friend [[Chip Chase]] took control of Prowl's systems and sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

Bluestreak accompanied Ironhide, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] to Cybertron to get a [[cosmitron]] for the dying [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He was attacked by the [[Rainmaker]]s' [[acid rain]] just outside of [[Wheeljack's workshop]] and was nearly deactivated. Once given a pep talk by [[Chip Chase]], he shot down the Rainmakers, enabling the Autobots to get the cosmitron. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Bluestreak was present during the unveiling of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and responded in awe. Later on, he was with the Autobots during the Decepticon ambush at the [[Great Falls]]. He shot at [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], but was unable to hit him. Defeated, the Autobots were all tied up by the Decepticons. [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] used Bluestreak's bolt gun to give the Autobots an instant recharge {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Bluestreak was in the Autobot group who flew with [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] to [[Peru]]. He fried [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] during one of the skirmishes, and used his lights so Skyfire could see Wheeljack. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} When the New Dinobots were created, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots selected for a mock battle against [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. He was defeated along with the rest of the group and jokingly commented on the battle saying they would have won if it was real... Maybe. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Bluestreak and Windcharger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|Sometimes I wish I could [[Star Trek|boldly go where no man has gone before]], but I'll probably just stay in Aurora. What're you thinking about?]]
Bluestreak's skill as a gunner was frequently employed in combat. On one occasion, Laserbeak was trying to fly off with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]], and Bluestreak was able to target and shoot one of the tin turkey's legs without hitting Spike to free him. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} When the Autobots surfed towards the Decepticons, he was the first to notice the tidal wave about to engulf the group. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} He was present with the rest of Autobots during the staged battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Some of Bluestreak's spare parts were used on Sparkplug's [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]], including one of the door-wings. Later Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that went to go help Autobot Spike during his confusion. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} Bluestreak was one of the Autobots that reacted to a Decepticon attack at a mining colony and also present at the Ark when Megatron's solar needle caused an avalanche. He had to run away from a boulder to avoid being crushed by it. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} Bluestreak accompanied Optimus Prime to [[New York City]] to stop Megatron from converting the city into his base. He was the first to notice Prime's missing arm on top of the [[Empire State Building]] and later blasted a subway car piloted by [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

[[File:Bluestreakg1.jpg|left|upright=1.34|thumb|You get the feeling Blurr trained under this guy at some point.]]
Bluestreak was a victim of Megatron's [[personality destabilizer device]] that was placed in the Autobots' recharging chambers. Once under Decepticon control, Bluestreak attacked Bumblebee and tried to make him recharge, but was disabled by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. After regaining consciousness, he was the first to be brought back using Sparkplug's new invention, the [[attitude exchanger]]. Afterward, he accompanied Jazz and Sparkplug to return the other Autobots to normal. When they needed to get Skyfire's attention, Bluestreak fired at him with the results they wanted. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Bluestreak was present in the Ark when Cliffjumper first accused Mirage of being a traitor and also present later when Mirage was being repaired and Cliffjumper was accusing him again. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}} Bluestreak was the second Autobot to be hit by the Immobilizer when the Autobots went to retrieve it. {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

[[File:Immobilizer Bluestreak immobilized.jpg|thumb|Now I really am Silverstreak!]]
Bluestreak participated in the Autobot race for charity. He was hit by the [[Transfixatron]], rendering him unable to transform. Then [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] disabled him. He was later one of the first to be restored by the [[anti-transfixation grenade]]. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Bluestreak assisted with the Autobot attempt to recapture the irreplaceable robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] for the famous scientist [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist|Doctor Fujiyama]] after the Decepticons turned her against humanity. Optimus Prime was insistent the Autobots not shoot or harm Nightbird, but Bluestreak saved Prime anyway from the attacking ninja by cleanly shooting Nightbird's laser [[sword]] out of her hands. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Bluestreak was around when the Autobots were confused about who was the real Optimus Prime when Megatron's clone infiltrated the Autobot base. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} He was part of the attack against the Decepticons to try to get [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Autobot side. He succeeded in knocking all three seeker jets out of the sky with a missile barrage, but was later kicked down by Devastator. {{storylink|The Core}} Bluestreak suddenly appeared in the group of Autobots that attacked the Decepticons in [[South America]]. {{storylink|Microbots}} Bluestreak was present when Optimus Prime thanked Spike, Carly, and the Dinobots for what they did for the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

Bluestreak was in the group of Autobots that responded to the distress call from the [[Haley Observatory]]. They were late and Megatron got away with the [[Voltronic Galaxer]]. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} Bluestreak was part of the second Autobot group that tried to attack the electrum-covered Decepticons, but was defeated. He was later present in the battle at the golden lagoon, which ended in victory for the Autobots {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} When [[Kremzeek]], attacked Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots deactivated before [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] was able to coat a few with insulating foam. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[File:TripleTakeover Bluestreak Altmode.jpg|thumb|left]]
Bluestreak entered [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s zone defense around the football stadium, but was severely damaged and built into a throne by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} When the Decepticons took control of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], Bluestreak left the base when the Autobots left to attack them. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

[[File:TransEuropeExpress riding Wildrider.jpg|thumb]]
Along with several fellow Autobots, Bluestreak participated in the [[Europa 2000]], an international charity race stretching from Paris to Istanbul. When the arrogant racing driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] cut across Bumblebee, an indignant Bluestreak helped his understandably angry friend catch up to the American and attempt to teach him some manners. Later, after running afoul of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Bluestreak learned of Megatron's plan for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]] from [[Teranova|Professor Teranova]] and deduced that the missing Autobots must have been disabled by the Stunticons.

[[File:Trans-europe-express-bluestreak-reacts.jpg|thumb|left]] After Cahnay's car was stolen by the Decepticons to use as raw materials for a weather control machine, Bluestreak allowed the hotshot driver to race him to victory at the finish line. Together, Bluestreak, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and Bumblebee headed out to confront the Decepticons, but when the Pearl was lost in a tornado, Megatron unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] onto the Autobots. Ironically, it was Cahnay who defeated Menasor by sacrificing his car, much to Bluestreak's surprise. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} Bluestreak was at the Autobot base after the Stunticons were captured by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the year [[2005]], Bluestreak helped [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] move a roadblock on [[Lookout Mountain]], just before [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] crashed through it. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers Collection'' bios=====
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] often had marksmanship contests with his friends [[Fusion (Marvel)|Fusion]] and Bluestreak. {{storylink|Ricochet (Headmasters)#The Transformers Collection|''The Transformers Collection'' Ricochet bio}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Bluestreak was part of a team of Autobots who attended the field-test for the [[C-X]]. As Optimus and the C-X unit battled one another during the test, Bluestreak suggested ways to improve the C-X's A.I. and targeting systems. When the C-X suddenly went berserk, Bluestreak jumped into action to help out Optimus Prime against it. The C-X unit simply kicked Bluestreak out of its way, leaving Optimus to disable it on his own. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the'' [[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the Trigger to create a powerful new body for himself, Bluestreak had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
[[File:BinaltechStreakBoxArt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Doors of silver, nerves of steel.]]
Suffering from the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus, Bluestreak was one of the first Autobots reconstructed using [[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]] technology. Alongside [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], he helped [[Earth Defense Command]] drive the Decepticons off of Earth. Bluestreak continued serving on Earth at Autobot City, under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s overall command. {{storylink|Binaltech Is... (Chapter 2)|Binaltech Is...}}

======BT World======
As the conflict raged on, thanks to the time- and space-warping actions of both [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] and a mysterious entity known as [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|The Protector]], the events of the Binaltech conflict were branched off to become their own, distinct parallel universe (the "[[BT World]]") separate from [[G1 World|the "mainstream" timeline]]. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

When the spark of Prowl from the "BT World" was lost in interdimensional [[unspace|subspace]], it re-emerged in the mainstream timeline, and was discovered by Bluestreak and the other Autobots. Soon after, a strange energy surge came across the dimensions from the "BT World" and made contact with Prowl's spark, driving into a dangerously unstable state. To save the life of this Prowl he had never even known, Bluestreak tracked the energy back across the dimensions and traveled to the "BT World", meeting up with the local versions of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl 2]] (a duplicate Prowl powered by the consciousness of [[Chip Chase]]). The pair brought him back to the Autobots' headquarters, where he explained the situation to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}}

Jazz used the data Bluestreak had brought with him to pinpoint the source of the energy surge. During the subsequent raid, Bluestreak and the Autobots discovered that the surge was the work of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and the [[Concurrence]], who were using a subspace node to drain energy from Prowl's spark, which they then used to power a giant robot made of synthetic [[electrum]]. Once Jazz had taken out the node, Bluestreak took down the robot with some well-placed shots. They were then contacted by [[Overdrive]] from Bluestreak's dimension, who reported that Prowl's spark had stabilized, but that it would be too dangerous to send it back through subspace unshielded. Instead, Chip's consciousness was removed from the Prowl 2 body and returned to his human frame, and the Binaltech shell was then taken back across the dimensions by Bluestreak so Prowl's spark could be implanted in it. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

=====Controverse=====
Bluestreak was present at the trial of [[Primacron]] when the Decepticons crashed the party. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''Masterpiece'' toy bios=====
Unknown to Bluestreak, a genetic command was secretly implanted into him by [[Anterior Zeta]] of the [[Diadem]] facility. Inspired by [[Spin-Out (G1)|Spin-Out]]'s data from another universe, it was an anti-[[Waruder]] program that activated when Bluestreak was met with a [[Probe Insecter]] {{storylink|Spin-Out (G1)#Masterpiece|''Masterpiece'' Spin-Out bio}} in [[Asia]]. His colors changing to a blue scheme inspired by his [[Diaclone (faction)|Diaclone]] counterpart, Bluestreak went awry and into hiding, to the confusion of the [[Autobot]]s, who didn't know who this unknown, yet similar to Bluestreak, robot was. {{storylink|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#MP18B|''Masterpiece'' Bluestreak bio}}

====''Cloud''====
The Bluestreak of "OG001 Spacetime" was caught up in the tussle between the [[Optimus Prime (Cloud)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Cloud)|Megatron]] of [[Cloud World]] when they came to his spacetime. {{storylink|TFC-A01}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Bluestreak was among the Autobots who confronted Megatron at the Decepticon fortress over the Global building crisis. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

===Marvel coloring books===
With Sparkplug acting as their referee, Bluestreak and Sideswipe raced one another in order to determine who was the fastest. The race ended in a tie, with Sparkplug declaring them both winners. Just then, Thundercracker and Starscream swooped down onto the trio, and cast [[Sleep Net]]s unto them, rendering them unconscious. Bluestreak was brought to Megatron's newly constructed prison, and was incarcerated within. Luckily, Bumblebee had not been captured, and managed to free the other Autobots. Upon their escape, Bluestreak and Sideswipe shot Starscream and Thundercracker out of the sky. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Bluestreak spotted the Decepticons attacking Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. He charged to their rescue, and with the help of the other Autobots, saved both of the humans. He later helped the Autobots protect the Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Bluestreak was one of the many Autobots who followed Optimus into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were stealing fuel from all across the globe with the help of a [[molecular transfer device]]. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}} {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}} {{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Upon awakening on Earth after being offline for about 65 million years, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who attempted to take the Decepticons by surprise while the evil robots still did not know what Earth forms the Autobots had taken. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

===Decepticon Poison===
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Bluestreak was amongst the Autobots getting topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. The Autobots’ latest batch of fuel had been poisoned by the fleeing Decepticon, leaving Bluestreak unable to transform.

In one possible sequence of events that ensued, Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote the Autobot scientist had created, allowing Bluestreak to resume his robot form and take arms against an incoming squadron of Decepticons. The antidote having given Bluestreak and the rest of the cured Autobots a case of battle fever, the bunch were eager to take on the Decepticons head on in combat. The more level-head Prowl suggested instead a more conniving approach, where the Autobots would ambush their assailants.

If Optimus allowed Bluestreak and the rest of the refuelled Autobots to venture headlong into battle, the group fond themselves fighting against Megatron himself, accompanied by a squad of Decepticon jets. Though Bluestreak's squad started out strong, they soon found themselves overpowered by Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead a second wave into battle. The second wave soon ran out of fuel, prompting the Autobots to call a retreat. Thankfully, the Decepticons were damaged enough through the course of the battle, causing them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl's plan, he instructed Bluestreak and the others to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots to be already dead, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. Though Bluestreak initially cheered, finding himself able to transform once more, he soon found himself literally falling to pieces. The Autobots finding themselves completely outmatched against an all-out Decepticon attack were made short work of by the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots used the tainted fuel to create a toxic cloud that successfully fended off the Decepticons attack. This plan gave Perceptor the time he needed to cure Bluestreak and the others with his antidote. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In completely different possible sequence of events, Optimus successfully retrieved the antidote to the poison from the Decepticons’ poison lab, and with Ratchet's help, brought Bluestreak and the rest of the poisoned Autobots back from the precipice of death. Now cured, the Autobots discussed their next course of action; they had to prevent the Decepticons from poisoning the nearby water reservoir.

If Optimus decided to head for the water reservoir, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots who accompanied him. In one possible scenario, confronted with a swarm of Decepticon jets crowding over the water reservoir, Bluestreak and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir, and into a nearby forest where the Autobots would have some cover. Finding themselves under heavy fire before they could reach the treeline, the Autobots were forced to fight back in the open. Bluestreak was then killed by Megatron. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Bluestreak chuckled at [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'s efforts to create a lightning collector, while giving what can only be described as a demon-hillbilly grin that will haunt your dreams until your dying day. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:WarWithin1 Bluestreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"I hate the war and librarians too!"]]
When the Autobot/Decepticon war first erupted over 8.7 million years ago, Bluestreak's home city-state of [[Praxus]] was utterly destroyed. ''The entire population of Praxus was killed, with Bluestreak, who had been protected by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]'s troops, being the sole exception. This was a deliberate action on Megatron's part, as he wanted a sole survivor to bear witness to his power, and spread his message of terror.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} Originally a merchant, Bluestreak then joined the Autobot army. 500,000 years later, he visited his friend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] at the [[Vaults]] and related [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s death, {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} and later served in the last-ditch attempt to defend [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

7.4 million years ago, Bluestreak remained with the Autobot faction after the apparent death of Optimus Prime. He and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] remained at [[Autobase]] while [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a task force against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. While there, they met [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and apprised him of the current situation on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}} Prowl's task force soon ran into trouble however, as Trypticon turned out to be more than they could handle. Bluestreak headed out into the field as part of a group of reinforcements to aid in the conflict. Everything the Autobots threw at Trypticon still wasn't enough to defeat the giant however, and the Autobots only survived because their enemy was called away mid-battle. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} 1.4 million years later, Bluestreak and an Autobot/Decepticon/[[Ultracon]] force helped defend a peace ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]] from the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They were successful against the Predacons, but soon fell before the return of Megatron, and his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], ushering in the Age of Internment. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} At this time, Bluestreak was among the many unfortunate Autobots who were captured and enslaved, forced to dig down to Cybertron's core in one of the Decepticons' labor camps. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

{{unreleased WW comic}}
Optimus returned to Cybertron, and the Autobots were freed from slavery. {{Storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

Bluestreak was among the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago, and awoke in 1984 to battle the Decepticons. After years of fighting, Bluestreak and the other Autobots took part in [[Operation Liberation]] in 1998, a joint human/Autobot operation that defeated and captured the Earth-bound Decepticons. However, the ''[[Ark II]]'', which was meant to convey the Autobots, the captured Decepticons, and a number of humans back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]], sending Bluestreak and his comrades to the bottom of the [[Arctic|Arctic Ocean]].

Bluestreak was later recovered by the sinister [[Lazarus]], and his deactivated form was used to power [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] deadly metal virus weapon, after the Decepticons broke free of Lazarus's control. By the time he was rescued by Optimus Prime, Bluestreak's energy had been almost fatally depleted. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''Bluestreak recovered, however, and rejoined his newly active comrades. He was with Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in Tokyo, Japan, trying to rebuild their rep with the humans when Megatron attacked. During the battle, a lattice of red and blue energy struck down from the heavens, scooping up the four Transformers and over 200 humans in the immediate area, blasting them back out into space. Their hosts were a group of enigmatic beings known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], who were transporting them through deep space to their base of operations, the [[Labyrinth]]. During their travels, Bluestreak was forced to experience a full-sensory recreation of Praxus, and its last hours before Megatron destroyed it. The Keepers also showed Bluestreak, for the first time, how Megatron used him as a messenger of doom. Horrified at the part he unwittingly played in the Decepticon war engine, Bluestreak swore to destroy Megatron.''

''In the Labyrinth, the Keepers forced the Transformers to participate in battledome combat, fighting alien opponents and each other, with their lives and the lives of the humans taken with them hanging in the balance. Bluestreak and Jazz were forced to fight each other to the death amidst a random assortment of humans, held in place around the battledome by the Keepers' power. Failure to continue the battle resulted in a "penalty", where the Keepers would callously murder the humans to keep the Autobots fighting, but the fighting itself was just as potentially dangerous for the civilians in the arena. The battle only ended when Bluestreak deliberately took a critical blast from Jazz's [[photon rifle]] in order to save one of the humans from certain death. The Keepers forced Jazz to finish the job, executing his friend at point blank range to avoid any additional deaths. Bluestreak died consoling Jazz that he had done the right thing.''

''But he did not die for long. After the Keepers were revealed as vast techno-organic lifeforms, Optimus Prime was able to manipulate the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to help bring him, Megatron, Jazz and the surviving humans back home. Unfortunately, the Keepers came too, having assembled a menagerie of host bodies for themselves in order to more directly interact with other beings. One of those host bodies was Bluestreak's animated corpse.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

''The Keepers took up residence in [[Las Vegas]], a city [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had claimed in the Decepticon name with Megatron absent. Through their host Bluestreak, the Keepers attempted to make Starscream submit to their rule. When he refused, Keeper-Bluestreak overloaded him with raw energy, bringing Starscream to the brink of death so that his body could be taken by the Keepers as well. The remaining Decepticons loyal to Starscream were contained behind an impenetrable energy barrier.''

''The free Autobots and Decepticons of Earth joined forces with the human military forces in an effort to retake Las Vegas. The Keepers possessing Bluestreak and Starscream were immensely powerful, but their host bodies were still damaged during the conflict. To better confront their adversaries, they merged the two Cybertronians into a single, massive host. This proved to be their undoing. Bluestreak's consciousness survived, lost in an astral void while the Keeper controlled his body, unable to communicate or interact with anything. Starscream was in the same state until their bodies merged, allowing their minds to touch as well. Together, Bluestreak and Starscream exerted their will over their unwanted passengers, forcing the Keepers out and reclaiming their own separate bodies. In the end, Optimus Prime used the power of the Matrix to capture and redirect the force of a nuclear missile strike and a vein of pure Energon to eradicate the Keepers.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}

''Unfortunately, the Keepers were not done yet. Not quite. They still existed in the Void, a non-space outside of the dimensional walls. Their human agent, [[Franklin Townsend]], was able to use the lingering power of the Keepers to take control of Bluestreak and Starscream, forcing them to serve him in paving the way for the Keepers' return. This was not true possession, however, but a form of mental compulsion, which Bluestreak was able to at least partially resist. Despite this, Townsend was still able to acquire the Matrix and the services of [[Allister Greaves]], a human who was forced to create a gateway for the Keepers.''

''A final battle occurred at Greaves estate, where the gateway was constructed. Optimus and Megatron arrived with support from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and the [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]]. As Bluestreak and Starscream were forced to defend the gateway, the Autobot finally broke free of his mental domination. He was ready to kill Franklin in cold blood for revenge, but [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] arrived and tried to talk him out of it. As they were arguing, Franklin attacked [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to regain control of the gateway, and Bluestreak blasted him in order to save Spike. Optimus finally sealed the gateway and the Keepers were trapped in the Void forever.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}

[[File:NewWorldOrder Bluestreak.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.9|"I still hate the war and now I'm drawn worse to boot!"]]
When Shockwave came to Earth and announced that the Autobot/Decepticon wars were over and that the two factions had been united, Bluestreak was more than skeptical, suggesting it was a trick. The memory of his destroyed home-city still haunted him, and he would not believe the same beings who killed innocents could change their ways. His views clashed those of with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], who did not see the point in fighting wars that had been ended. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite his objections, Bluestreak was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime in surrendering to Shockwave's lieutenant, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ferried back to Cybertron by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Bluestreak and the others were imprisoned and scheduled for execution, but were freed by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and taken to an underground hideout. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} En route to meeting the resistance's leaders, Bluestreak tried to have Gears fess up that it had been foolish to trust Shockwave in the first place. Bitter over where events had taken them, Gears replied that Bluestreak should "blow it out of [his] waste regulator!" {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Afterwards, Bluestreak fought in the battle to retake Iacon, ultimately ending in the Autobots' favor. With Shockwave's regime successfully toppled, Bluestreak and his comrades began to rebuild their planet. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Shortly after Ultra Magnus recovered from injuries he suffered when the Autobots overthrew Shockwave, Bluestreak and the rest of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew were approached by Prowl about returning to Earth. {{storylink|Original Sin}} Prowl wanted to establish a more permanent Autobot presence on Earth, due in part to some curious data he had come across while researching the clone entity known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. Bluestreak was by far the most talkative of the Autobots at the meeting, weighing in on both sides of the discussion as the debate over returning raged back and forth. Unfortunately for Bluestreak, no one was listening to a word he said. {{storylink|Atonement}} Prowl eventually convinced all of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to return with him and begin construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and they departed from Cybertron shortly thereafter. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoevsTF5 Autobots.jpg|thumb|If Bluestreak's the one in the red, shouldn't he be called Redstreak?]]
Bluestreak was among the deactivated Transformers found, rebuilt and reprogrammed by [[Cobra]], who proceeded to use the alien robots for their plan to conquer the world. Along with Prowl, Bluestreak now transformed into a Cobra [[Firebat]] jet, but was eventually freed from the humans' control by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] tampering. Joining Prowl, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], he confronted [[Cobra Commander]] and fought against his [[S.N.A.K.E.]] guards. Bluestreak was horrified when [[Storm Shadow]] killed Trailbreaker during the fight, but the shock quickly turned to anger, and he and his comrades attacked the human and ripped his mech apart. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} Bluestreak was later seen fighting Decepticon [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the sky when the [[SPS Satellite]] went out of control and started firing at [[Cobra Island]] randomly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

===''The Beast Within''===
After a brutal battle during which [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Bluestreak's butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Bluestreakdinobody-HOS1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|And then he died.]]
Bluestreak was among the Autobot forces who fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Bluestreak was not seen partaking in any of the action. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}
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=== 2005 IDW continuity===

{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Stormbringer'' #1]]}}

{{note|IDW continuity is inconsistent about Bluestreak's name, calling him Bluestreak in most stories but Silverstreak in the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] and ''[[The Transformers: Ironhide|Ironhide]]'' miniseries.}}
Bluestreak hailed from [[Praxus]]. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}} At the very beginning of the [[Great War (G1)|Cybertronian civil war]], Bluestreak worked in Security Services under [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Later, but still very early in the war, Bluestreak helped defend the planet from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as part of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s harassment team. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} At a later point still, he was part of an extraction team led by [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] that retrieved a damaged [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] from their skirmishing with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Bluestreak's sharpshooting skills took out [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] just in time to keep Jazz on-line. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

[[File:The Iron Age Streak drinks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|"I'm blue, but my name is Silverstreak? ''Glug''"]]
Bluestreak would become the longest-standing patient of Autobot psycho-analyst [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Four million years ago, <s>Bluestreak</s> <s>Silverstreak</s> good ol' Streak was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots successfully prevented a supply of energon from reaching the enemy camp. He was too busy getting drunk on energon to really heed Ironhide's security concerns about a [[Axer (G1)|suspicious-looking Autobot]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} 500,000 years ago he fought Decepticons during [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s final stand. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

Roughly 500 years ago, Bluestreak was on [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s orbital array during the Decepticons' post-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] advance, shortly before the planet was abandoned, and fought against their final big push. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Much later, Bluestreak was in command of the Autobot tactical response unit, seen briefly on the Autobots' orbital command hub. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} On [[Varas Centralus]], in the [[Kol System]], Bluestreak's unit was joined by the [[Wreckers]] during Phase Six. The Wreckers assaulted the Decepticon [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode armature]], but Bluestreak kept his own squad out of the fighting, citing the planet as a lost cause. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] attempted to talk Bluestreak into attacking the Decepticons with the Wreckers, before Springer's crew were pulled from Varas Centralus to deal with the crisis created by the revival of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. The final fate of Varas Centralus is unknown, but probably could be categorized as "not good". {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

Bluestreak later returned to [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]] in order to greet Blaster personally upon his revival. Because he had been present on the orbital array when Blaster was first attacked and went missing centuries ago, however, Bluestreak was one of the Autobots (along with [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]) suspected of trying to assassinate Blaster. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[File:IDWBluestreakSilverstreak.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|Oh, come on!]]
After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Bluestreak was in command of a unit operating on [[Hydrus 5]]. One of his subordinates was [[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}

Silverstreak was among the Autobots who ended up on Earth following the effects of the Surge. Like several others he grew sick of hiding on the planet and joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] when he defected. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Despite this, he was seen with the Autobots who stayed behind, cheering for [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] when he was chosen to lead them. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Silverstreak helped with the construction of a space cruiser alongside Hot Rod and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s united faction. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

{{note|Bluestreak's appearance in [[The Transformers: Bumblebee]] may simply be an error. Another possibility, though less likely, is that Bluestreak and Silverstreak are two different characters in IDW, much like Bumblebee and [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] or [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]].}}

[[File:03 Earthworks What a coward.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0|"Bee, please, please tell me what my name and color is right now."]]
Like many Autobots, Silverstreak had some difficulties working with the Decepticons. He got suspicious when Swindle and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] spent so much time working to repair [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], the latest Decepticon they had rescued from [[Skywatch]]. Hot Rod (now calling himself "Rodimus") told him to let the old mistrust between the factions go, but Silverstreak proved to have good instincts—Swindle had installed combiner technology in the Stunticons, creating the menace of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] which he turned against their new Autobot "comrades". {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}} After Menasor was defeated, Silverstreak chastized Rodimus for failing to predict someone named "Swindle" might be less than trustworthy. As Rodimus fled Earth in [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s shuttle, Silverstreak, [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] and the rest of the splinter faction apparently rejoined Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}}

[[File:04 Hawk Among the Sparrows Red Alert and Streak Drink.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|"Seeeee, you gotsum red on ya, so "Red Alert" makes sense, seeee? But me, I dunno... ''Glug''."]]
After the Autobot factions reunited, they formed an alliance with Skywatch. When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were causing trouble in [[South Korea]], several Autobots were sent to fight them while Silverstreak was left behind in a Skywatch hangar, where he was forced to listen to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] complain about not being picked. He decided to give his "unpleasant" comrade some constructive criticism, telling him that nobody likes angry and moping whiners. On the other hand, everybody loves optimists, like for example Silverstreak! Somehow, this didn't improve Brawn's mood any, so Silverstreak went back to drinking with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|Hawk Among the Sparrows}} When the Autobots in Korea were faced with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], Silverstreak was horrified that he couldn't help them, and asked [[Kyle Pennington|Pennington]] what a "nightmare" was so that he could properly compare the situation to one. The battle was eventually won, though it led to the secret Autobot-Skywatch alliance getting revealed to the world. Silverstreak and Brawn stood by Bumblebee as he tried to calm the human crowds, but failed to protect him from a human assassin with an energy gun. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|All My Sins Remembered}}

[[File:Demolished Man Sonic Scream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|"Rumble's hitting us with his sonic attack!" "That's Frenzy, can't you tell the difference between colors?" "Oh GOD! ''Glug''"]]
Things only went downhill from there. The human riots continued, the energy gun appeared to be none other than Megatron himself, the plane carrying the Korea team home was shot down, and finally the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked the Skywatch base where Silverstreak and the others were based. The Autobots were incapacitated by [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'s sonic attacks and failed to stop the Decepticons from freeing their captured brethren. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Ultra Magnus took command and had the base evacuated, though Silverstreak worried about moving an injured Pennington around. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} As they fled towards [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobots were attacked by more angry humans with energy guns (now known to only be replicas of Megatron's [[alternate mode]]) and Silverstreak sustained damage to a tire. Then things went downhill again, with Megatron himself showing up in a new, more powerful form and defeating the entire Autobot convoy single-handedly. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

[[File:Genesis Streak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"''bluesilverbluesilverbluesilverbluesilver...''"]]
The injured Autobots were dumped in [[Albuquerque]] to be held hostage by additional armed, paranoid humans. They were saved, but at the cost of Jazz killing one of the humans, which only served to further ruin their reputation amongst humanity. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|Burning Chrome}} Silverstreak and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] escorted the shell-shocked Jazz away from the ensuing chaos. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}}

Some six weeks later, Silverstreak was shocked to learn that Rodimus had returned to Earth with the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and several Autobots who were thought dead or long lost, and brought these news to a repaired Bumblebee. After relaxing with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], he joined the rest of the Autobots in volunteering to return to Cybertron and fight [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} On the way home, Silverstreak listened to Ironhide tell the story about the time he met [[Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} On Cybertron, as the battle against Galvatron's [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] raged on, he bore witness to Megatron's battle with the monstrous "[[Deceptigod]]". {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:A Better Tomorrow Maccadams.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"[[Casey Kasem|Kasem]], party of two."]]
Once the war was over and Cybertron was restored, Silverstreak tried to sign up for the ''[[Lost Light]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey but didn't make it in. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Remaining on Cybertron, he was seen wandering around in a crowd of [[NAIL]]s who had returned home after the war. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Later, he was on patrol in the reclamation tunnels where captured Decepticons worked and guarded [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] after he witnessed [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]'s murder. {{storylink|Devisive}} Together with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Silverstreak visited [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] the morning it reopened for business. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} He apparently really liked the place, as he was still there when Bumblebee came to talk to the bartender, Blurr. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Later, Silverstreak was present when Megatron's returned from the Cybertronian wilderness. After the Decepticon had been subdued and imprisoned, Streak was on guard duty at the makeshift prison in the city. When [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] came in for a friendly chat with his former leader, he referred to Streak as "Bluestreak." {{storylink|City on Fire}} Shortly afterwards, the Decepticons invaded the prison in order to free Megatron. Bluestreak was confident that he, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and Jetfire could defend the place all by themselves, but instead became the first one to fall after taking a shot to the head. {{storylink|The Verge}} He survived the injury and was safely hidden away from the Decepticons by none other than Swindle. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Meanwhile, on the ''Lost Light'', a clip of Bluestreak saying the word "injecting" was used by [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] in his stitched-together final message to [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:TowardsPeace BluestreakSwerve.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|"Wait, there's another guy who looks like me in different colors?? ''Glug''"]]
After recovering, Bluestreak was banished into the wilderness alongside his comrades when Iacon became a neutrals-only city. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} He returned after the [[Necrotitan]] was taken down, celebrating its defeat at [[Swerve's]] alongside [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} As the ''Lost Light'' prepared to take off again, Bluestreak made his second attempt to sign up only to be stopped by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who told him during the "crewditions" that people who looked like [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] weren't allowed on board. He was then present for Megatron's [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] trial. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Swerve was just messing around, though, and Bluestreak was indeed allowed to join the crew, now under the unexpected command of a reformed Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}} He was seen hanging about [[Swerve's]] shortly before takeoff. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} Bluestreak was appointed entertainments officer aboard the ship and began regular screenings of Earth movies such as ''[[Zulu]]'' in Swerve's, though circumstances dictated that he evacuate the ship along with everyone else when the ''Lost Light'' literally began to disappear around them. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Setting their shuttle down on [[Ofsted XVII]], Bluestreak, [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] found an unidentifiable injured Cybertronian. Bluestreak and Mainframe were mostly interested in figuring out which side he was on, though their investigating caused his condition to worsen to the point where he needed an urgent energon infusion. Having discovered a removable, spiked faceplate that pointed towards his being a Decepticon, the two left the room, refusing to donate their energon to help the enemy. First Aid fetched them after the Decepticon revealed himself to be a ''very'' ungrateful [[Vos (G1)|Vos]] of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], but they returned too late to save Trailcutter from being killed by Vos's compatriot [[Kaon (G1)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}} The D.J.D. went on to blow up their shuttle, but the three survived and returned to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

[[File:Father Ted's Big Bang Community.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Do I have to sleep with all of them? At once?"]]
As an Earth cultural expert, Bluestreak volunteered to be in the first holomatter avatar rescue squad to "[[Swearth]]", a hologram world where Swerve's consciousness was hiding. (Expert Bluestreak assumed "Humanity 101" was a reference to the film "''101 Damnations''") In a female human guise, Bluestreak discovered their 'base camp's' neighbours were a trio of whacky dudes who got into ''ker-raaazzy'' hijinks like settling a dispute with corridor paintball! This, and the recurring oddities like canned laughter and everybody saying jokes but never laughing, indicated to Bluestreak that Swerve had made this world in the image of his beloved sitcoms. Once everyone worked out that Swerve ''was'' the three neighbours and that his obsession was down to crippling loneliness and depression, they were able to convince him he was loved. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}}

[[File:HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds-LostLightmutiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|"Actually, I just wanted to kick Swerve off the ship. Why? Because he stole my personality quirk, and now I'm taking it back!"]]
At some point, Bluestreak was approached by [[Getaway]] and [[Atomizer]] and vouched that he would support them in the event of a mutiny against Megatron, Rodimus and their supporters. When the time came, they had Megatron, Rodimus, and the rest get stranded on the [[Necroworld]], and Bluestreak stood by as Getaway took the ''Lost Light'' and sent one final message to their former captains. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} However, when it was revealed that the Decepticon Justice Division was on its way to eliminate Rodimus and his group, the crew immediately voiced their disapproval of the plan and Getaway. To maintain control, Getaway would release the mad [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]], who would alter the memories of Bluestreak and everyone else, making them think that Megatron, Rodimus, and their group left everyone else behind willingly to pursue Cyberutopia quicker for themselves. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}} Later, when First Aid, Mirage and the rest of the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] caught up with the Lost Light, Bluestreak would drink with Hoist and other mutineers at [["Visages"]], explaining their memory-altered version of events to First Aid. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}}

The ''Lost Light'' travelled through the [[Warren]] and arrived at what the crew thought was Cyberutopia, but instead turned out to be [[Mederi]]. There, they were attacked by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]'s forces and to save his own skin, Getaway offered up the crew of the ''Lost Light'' to be mutated into [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeaters]] for use as cannon fodder. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} Unleashed against Rodimus' group, who were also on Mederi, Bluestreak and the other mutated crewmembers attacked their former friends. Bluestreak was nearly destroyed when a glancing shot from Ratchet hit one of his exposed fuel lines. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}}

Surviving the ordeal and ultimately cured of his affliction, Bluestreak went on the final voyage of the ''Lost Light'', where he and the rest of the crew voted to attempt another [[Quantum generator|quantum duplication]] on their return to Cybertron. He bartended at Swerve's during the farewell party and was formally introduced to [[Anode]] and [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]], apologizing for attempting to kill them as a Sparkeater on Mederi.

Far in the future, Bluestreak attended Ratchet's funeral. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
Bluestreak and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] were unwittingly both chasing the same Decepticon, the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane]]. Once he revealed himself, the two Autobots teamed up against Octane. Bluestreak got buried face-first in the fight, but Sideswipe drove off their attacker. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 6|Henkei! Henkei! #6}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:Bluestreak-Kreon-Last-Bot-Standing.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|:D]]
Bluestreak was among the spectators at a boxing match in which [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] faced [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and cheered when Optimus defeated Megatron. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}} He was in the audience of a dance competition too. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Bluestreak was also part of a crowd that waited at the finish line of a race between Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron. He cheered for Bumblebee as he finished the race, though it turned out Optimus had already won the competition. {{storylink|The Big Race}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
Alongside [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], Bluestreak was sent to search for the legendary [[Red Bucket]], only to find it in the possession of [[Bludgeon (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons. Bluestreak attacked, breaking Bludgeon's armor with a flying kick, only to be buried in blocks when Bludgeon tipped the bucket over on him and Jazz. Jazz then turned the tables on him by using the very same blocks to build a giant Mega-Jazz robot, allowing him and to Bluestreak defeat the Decepticons and bring the contents of the Red Bucket back home. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}} Bluestreak later helped rebuild [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] after the Decepticons broke him. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Fukujurō Katayama]] (Japanese)}}
Smokescreen and Bluestreak joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] for a discussion of crappy games. The pair were able to detail a number of similarly crappy games released around the same time as ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]''. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}} They were both later among the many Autobots who briefly answered Optimus Prime's summons. {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[File:Silverstreak-SpyChanger-AskVectorPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]

In [[Primax 085.0 Eta]], Silverstreak was selected to be a member of team which was to travel to [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|an alternate universe]], designated the 22nd Strata, to find and stop the source of a series of environmental disasters threatening Cybertron. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and Silverstreak composed the team; they dubbed themselves [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]] because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The Spy Changers modified their bodies to match Strata 22's native cyborgs using data acquired from the [[Sky Spy]] and then crossed over. However, they were soon attacked by the local [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, who mistakenly presumed them to be [[Renegade]]s. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, ''[[Rogue Star]]''. Renegade leader [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Eventually, the Autobots formed a secret alliance with the Guardians as well as discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on [[Moebius]] were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude [[Dimensional Interfacer]], and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence; in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] shook hands, and the Autobots returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

Silverstreak and the Spy Changers pursued [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to an alternate reality when he kidnapped Optimus Prime. They battled the [[Society of Ultimate Villainy]] while dogging the Decepticons' various raids on human facilities. They eventually learned the Decepticons had upgraded Spy Changer technology to become second generation Go-Bots. Worse still, Optimus Prime had been corrupted into [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] by the [[Brainwave Scanner]] Megatron had stolen.

[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] challenged Prowl's leadership due to these setbacks, and he, Trailbreaker and Silverstreak struck out on their own. They caught up with the Decepticon Go-Bots in Wuhan, China. With the help of Li Shaoshao and the People's Liberation Army Paranormal Taskforce, the Decepticons were defeated. Prowl's team had also beaten other Decepticons in Nevada, leading to the return of Optimus Prime. Silverstreak and the reunited Autobots tracked Megatron to his lair, but the Go-Bot leader leapt through a Reality Bridge and disappeared. The Spy Changers were recruited by a dimensional agent named [[Waspinator (BW)|Thrustinator]] to pursue Megatron for many further adventures. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2)}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:LivelyPursuit Wreckers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"...more like a mentor to the rest of the team, ya know? I see how they could be doing their jobs better? It don't matter how busy I am. I'll drop what I'm doin' and I'll tell 'em, and you know why?" "We ran out of film five hours ago-" "I'll tell ya why. Because I'm a team player. Probably the best team player of the team-" "'''We ran out of film five hours ago.'''"]]

One of Optimus Prime's elite, Bluestreak was left stranded on the dead Cybertron following [[Thunder Mayhem]]'s apocalyptic attack, filling his days by talking to corpses. Bluestreak was eventually found by [[Cergo]] and the [[Teklaan]]s, the alien robots offering to rebuild his planet, restoring a portion of its surface as proof. As the Teklaans needed Cybertronian samples, Bluestreak lured the [[Wreckers]] to Cybertron and turned them over to the aliens for dissection. After conferring with Cergo, Bluestreak tried to convince his fellow Cybertronians of his cause, mentioning the good that the Teklaans had done to [[Maarin]] which allowed [[Fractyl]] to remember that Teklaan constructs came with "perfect" viruses. When the Wreckers broke free, a skeptical Bluestreak still considered letting the Teklaans finish their work before he learnt that Cergo was planning to recreate Cybertronian viruses. After Cergo had been disabled, the Wreckers incorporated Bluestreak into [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], boosting the combiner's intellect and allowing them to defeat the Teklaans. As Bluestreak, now a Wrecker, left Cybertron with his new team, Impactor told him that his plan to restore Cybertron had been a viable one but only if Thunder Mayhem was defeated. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

The Wreckers caught up with Thunder Mayhem on the planet Earth, saving Megatron from [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|Pandora's Gift}} Combining to fight the combiner, the Wreckers received backup from Megatron, Optimus Prime and some locals, finally de-combining the monster. After taking the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] into custody, the Wreckers left Earth. {{storylink|Finale (OMAM)|Finale}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Bluestreak was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Artillery Private]]. {{storylink|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a blue Bluestreak was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}}}}

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===Energon Universe===
After the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' departed Cybertron, Bluestreak was among the Autobots left on Cybertron as the Decepticons under [[Shockwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Shockwave]]'s command consolidated their control of Cybertron. Bluestreak would eventually become part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s resistance cell.

[[File:TF2023 no.15 - Ramjet death.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|left]]
While on the run from the Decepticons, Bluestreak, [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] encountered Bluestreak's old friend [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]], one of the Autobots who'd left aboard the ''Ark''. When the four encountered [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and it became clear there was no way past him, Bluestreak took out a knife and stabbed the Seeker in the back, then harvested his energon. Cliffjumper was shocked at how much Bluestreak had changed, prompting Bluestreak to note with contempt how much [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]]'s idealism had rubbed off on Cliffjumper. It was then that Elita One rendesvoused with the four Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}}

Sometime later, Cliffjumper took Bluestreak and Elita One to his clan's former home, where Cliffjumper revealed that he'd hidden a spark canister that held what remained of his clan's sparks. When the three returned to Elita's safehouse, Cliffjumper revealed his plan to take the canister to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], where he planned to use the spark fragments to create a new Autobot. A hesitant Elita pointed out that the Well was deep in Decepticon territory, but Bluestreak was supportive, arguing that a newborn Autobot might become a rallying point for the scattered Autobot resistance. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

When Elita again voiced her anger at Optimus leaving Cybertron, Bluestreak came to his leader's defense, noting how he'd killed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and calling out Elita acting as though only she had lost loved ones, convincing his commander to go ahead with Cliffjumper's plan. While Cliffjumper and Elita proceeded to the Well, Bluestreak lead Blurr and Warpath into battle against [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}

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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus Prime embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Bluestreak could come to Optimus Prime's aid, helping him navigate more quickly through the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Bluestreak is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverstreak was among the Autobots handpicked by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] for a mission to deliver energon to a hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately their plan was foiled by the interference of [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]], [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]]. {{storylink|Road to Ruin}} He was among the Autobots affected by Megatron's sabotage of the Autobot [[recharging chamber]] and began to act erratically. He was the only one left when the other Autobots went to attack [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]] and was subdued by Jazz and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], who had escaped the affliction. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s [[attitude exchanger]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

Silverstreak, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] were sent to [[South America]] where the Decepticons were attempting to build a cannon to harness the energy of the [[Crystal of Power]]. Even joined by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], the Autobots were unable to prevent the cannon's completion, but later destroyed it and capped the shaft on which the crystal had stood. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (Legends)|Fire on the Mountain}} When Spike had the genius idea of holding a charity race, Silverstreak and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] talked the other Autobots into it. Unfortunately the Constructicons zapped them all with the [[Transfixatron]] during the race, and the Autobots, now stuck in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], had to hold the Decepticons off long enough for their scientists to reverse the effects. {{storylink|Autobot Run}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Bluestreak appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and in Special Missions. He is portrayed by The Blues. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Bluestreak_TFO.jpg|thumb|right|"No one can hide from my sights"]]
{{bigquote|I've never met a Decepticon I don't hate.}}

During the Cybertronian civil war, the Decepticons laid waste to the Transformers' home planet. For Bluestreak, this was a tragedy that would forever haunt his memories. As one of the survivors of the destruction, Bluestreak joined the Autobots in their long-lasting warfare to defeat the Decepticons. However, it wasn't easy for this friendly, reticent Transformer to develop into a true warrior. Bluestreak could only speak nonsensically to mask his own vulnerability left by the damage done from his past nightmare.

In battle, Bluestreak wielded the "[[Thunderbolt Electromagnetic Baton]]" and the "[[Fated Death]]". His active skill was "Infrared Scope":
*'''Infrared Scope''' — For 8 seconds, Bluestreak's sonar tracker reveals and marks all incoming opponents in the distance for him and his allies to target more easily. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero4.shtml Bluestreak on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EW-Bluestreak.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
Bluestreak arrived on Earth at the same time as [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]. {{Storylink|Wheels within Wheels}}

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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
After the loss of his home city, Bluestreak was taken captive multiple times and once faced off against Megatron himself. His habit of filling the air with idle chatter is a coping mechanism that helps him work through his past trauma. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Bluebluestreak.jpg|thumb|Sadly, we can't just put this note in the "Does not exist" category.]]

====Color====
The ''[[Diaclone]]'' Fairlady Z Car Robots release that would become the [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Bluestreak toy]] was available in two different colorations. While neither ended up being used for Bluestreak himself – who instead used a ''Transformers''-original silver deco – both color schemes had lasting influences on the character:

*The ''Diaclone'' toy's first color scheme featured the car alternate mode largely in blue, with a silver hood and roof. Photographs of this toy were used in Bluestreak's [[Instructions|instruction sheet]], as well as the original 1984 [[Catalog|toy catalogs]],<ref name="catalog">[http://botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=10&image=268 1984 Transformers pack-in catalog]</ref> and its coloration was evident in Bluestreak's [[Package art|box art]] (in truth, tweaked art held over from the ''Diaclone'' release). This consequently led to one of the longest-running [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|myths about ''Transformers'']]: that a "blue-sided Bluestreak" was available in the original toyline, perhaps as a super rare or foreign market [[variant]]. Oddly enough, numerous other ''Transformers'' toys from that era were depicted in both catalogs and packaging art with colors they were never released in —[[Perceptor (G1)/toys|Perceptor]], [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys|Astrotrain]], and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], for example— yet Bluestreak is the only one to be (mis)remembered in this manner, perhaps because his name is ''Blue''streak, so he had to have been blue, right? In fact, it was this originally intended color scheme that had inspired [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] writer [[Bob Budiansky]] to coin the name "Bluestreak" in the first place,<ref name="budiansky">{{citesocial|quote=Blue Streak must have been blue in the early stages. The painted art on the original toy box shows him as having blue components, even though the toy is grey. So I worked with whatever I was given, even though Hasbro apparently changed color scheme later.|link=https://twitter.com/BobBudiansky/status/1422579495656116227|name=Bob Budiansky|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=08|day=03|(defunct=)}}</ref> although it was originally intended to be spelled in two words, "Blue Streak", according to notes obtained from Bob Budiansky at [[Unofficial conventions|Iacon One]] in 2006.<ref name="twowords">[https://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=7899 Article at Seibertron, 2006/07/11]</ref> Budiansky then created a characterization that would have made the name a double pun, referencing the phrase "[[Wiktionary:talk_a_blue_streak|to talk a blue streak]]", an American English idiom for talking a lot. The spelling of "Blue Streak" as two words was erroneously used for the reprint of Budiansky's full-length bio for Bluestreak in Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Transformers Universe]]''.
*The ''Diaclone'' toy's second and less common color scheme was largely silver, with a black hood and roof, and it was this variant that was the basis for Bluestreak's [[Character model|animation model]]. It would take until 2002 for things to come full circle, when [[e-HOBBY]] released a [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Anime|''Transformers''-branded version]] of the original ''Diaclone'' figure: the first toy of Bluestreak in his cartoon color scheme.

In recent years, as [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] have tended towards [[Show-accuracy|accuracy]] to ''Transformers''' most prominent pieces of media, the silver-and-black color scheme seems to have "won out" as the primary version of Bluestreak. The blue coloration sees occasional use in toy and media appearances, while his original release's all-silver deco seems to have fallen by the wayside.

====Other notes====
*The Bluestreak/Prowl head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Natron]], the Autobot [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.
*Some comic-reading fans vaguely recollect [[IDW Publishing]] editor [[Andy Schmidt]] stating circa 2009 that "Bluestreak" and "Silverstreak" were separate characters in IDW continuity à la [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], but this statement, if it did happen, has since vanished into the ether of the Internet. Given that this notion was never picked up again, and IDW's then-spotty reputation for maintaining continuity at the time, one's mileage may vary on taking this statement seriously.

===Foreign names===
[[File:DiacloneBluestreakColours.jpg|right|upright=1.34|thumb|All three color schemes considered for the show. The winner was picked in a game of "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe".]]
*''Japanese:'' '''Streak''' (ストリーク ''Sutorīku''), '''Silverstreak''' (シルバーストリーク ''Shirubāsutorīku''), '''Bluestreak''' (ブルーストリーク ''Burūsutorīku'')
*''Czech:'' '''Modrý Blesk'''
*''French:'' '''Jaseur''' (Canada, "Chatty")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kékvillám''' ("Blue Lightning")
*''Italian:'' '''Ariete''' ("Ram")
*''Korean:'' '''Bluestreak''' (블루스트릭 ''Beulluseuteulig'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lán Wén''' (Taiwan, 藍紋, "Blue Streak"), '''Lán Pīlì''' (China, 蓝霹雳, "Blue Thunderbolt")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Raio Azul''' (Portugal comic, "Blue Ray"), '''Raio''' (Brazil comic, "Ray")
*''Russian:'' '''Molniyevik''' (Молниевик, "Lightning-Maker")
*''Polish:'' '''Błekitny Śmigacz''' (TM Semic Comic, "Blue Racer")

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User:Cavewomania

2025-09-13T03:48:04Z

Cavewomania:

Primarily here to add Korean and Chinese names I find on Namuwiki and Baike Baidu.

Same "Cavewomania" as the person on Fanlore.

Great work everyone!

Blitzwing (G1)

2025-09-09T02:54:10Z

Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Blitzwingg1.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|"Blitzwing has no feet. Blitzwing needs no feet!"]]
The other Decepticons don't care much for '''Blitzwing'''. Oh, they can respect that he's an absolute terror on the battlefield, using his triple-changing ability to maximum effect. Few things are more destructive and demoralizing to an enemy force than a ''tank'' landing on your front line at Mach 2. Blitzwing changes forms rapidly in battle to keep his opponents off-balance at all times. And through it all, he's laughing like a madman, because frag it, it's just ''funny'' to him.

What makes him such a pain to his teammates is that Blitzwing's sense of humor rivals even [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s for brainless thuggery. He's an unlikable, blustering, loudmouthed jerk to everyone. The Decepticons as a group may be an unpleasant bunch, but Blitzwing takes the cake, platter, and tablecloth, and has ground the table underfoot.

{{bigquote|Tell me what's on your mind, or I'll splatter it on the wall and see for myself!|Blitzwing|"[[Triple Takeover]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ed Gilbert]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)|[[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Triple Takeover"), [[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese, "Cosmic Rust", "Prime Target"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'', ''The Movie''), [[Liu Qin]] (Chinese), [[Enrique Hernández]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Thomas Rauscher]] (German, ''The Movie'' TV Dub), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "The Golden Lagoon" and "Prime Target"), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Triple Takeover"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Golden Lagoon"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Triple Takeover"), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, "Prime Target"), Unknown (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness" episodes), [[Marcos Miranda]] (Portuguese), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese, "Prime Target"), [[Roberto Macedo]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"), [[Nilton Valério]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Newton Apollo]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub)}}

[[File:GoldenLagoon BlitzwingWarpath.JPG|left|thumb|LANDMASTERS!!!]]
Blitzwing joined [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces on [[Earth]] in 1985, and was sent on a mission to steal [[energon]] from [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} The [[Autobot]]s eventually arrived to halt their scheme, and Blitzwing got into a tank duel with [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Later adventures of Blitzwing included joining Megatron and [[Shawn Berger]] in an attempt to exile the Autobots from Earth via bad publicity (it failed). {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After that, he was seen suffering from [[cybertonium]] depletion just like everybody else, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} then fighting Warpath again and coating himself in [[electrum]]. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Blitzwing and a team of other Decepticons came searching for the [[robotic insecticide]] the Autobots had come up with, but when they came to the valley, they found it full of [[Morphobot]]s. After the Autobots arrived to pick up [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], Megatron ordered [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and Blitzwing to attack. However, the Morphobots ended up incapacitating the Decepticons and slammed them on the ground. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:TripleTakeover Blitzwing coach.jpg|thumb|IMMA EAT CHOO!]]

For someone as powerful as he is, Blitzwing did not have the best track record when it comes to decision-making. First, he and fellow [[Triple Changer]] [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] decided to do away with both Megatron and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and strike out on their own in search of fame, fortune, and energon. While this would normally be considered suicidal, the two Triple Changers somehow pulled it off and were free to finally do whatever it took to wipe out those pesky Autobots once and for all.

The way they chose to do this, however, did not do much to inspire confidence in their abilities. While his partner went off to play with some trains, Blitzwing's personal strategy for victory was to kidnap a [[football coach]] under the mistaken impression that the human was some kind of master strategist. Blitzwing brought the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] in on his plan, and used them to build a maze surrounding the entry to his base/stadium. To Blitzwing's credit, a lot of the Autobots crashed into each other (and required more extensive repairs once he got to them), but soon, the Constructicons demanded a share of the leadership, and then Astrotrain arrived. All three were beaten so quickly by Megatron that it was almost embarrassing, and Blitzwing crept carefully back to the [[Decepticon]] ranks, hoping that nobody would remember what had happened. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:Prime Target Astrotrain and Blitzwing captured.jpg|left|thumb|Getting captured by a human is probably the most humiliating experience these two had.]]
Not long afterwards, Megatron was impressed by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]'s Autobot-capturing skills, and sent Blitzwing and Astrotrain to negotiate a deal with the human. Shortly after arriving at Chumley's castle, Blitzwing got himself caught in a trap meant for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], and Chumley [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|captured]] both Triple Changers for getting in the way of his Autobot hunting. After all of his traps failed, Chumley released Blitzwing and Astrotrain as a last ditch attempt to capture Prime, but they just tried to stomp him to death before flying back home. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

A [[Size changing|strangely-enormous Blitzwing]] served as transport when the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] captured Perceptor, who had created [[Corrostop|the cure]] for [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|a disease Megatron had picked up]]. Although Blitzwing was stalked by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], a [[Lightning Bug]] attack from Dirge and Ramjet stalled them so Blitzwing could safely make it back to Decepticon headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:TFTM KupBlitzwing.jpg|thumb|Viagra.]]
Blitzwing was also present during [[Battle of Autobot City|the infamous assault]] on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in 2005, where he was at the head of the first attack. Together with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], he battled [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] at [[Lookout Mountain]], a fight that did not go in his favour (Kup being surprisingly nimble for an old guy). Blitzwing is also shown participating in the general carnage at Autobot City a short time later, and is one of the several Decepticons who ran afoul of Optimus Prime. Unlike his less fortunate comrades, Blitzwing was able to avoid getting run over, and even managed to shoot back a little before Prime beat him, which is more than most Decepticons expect when facing Optimus Prime. In fact, Blitzwing made it through the entire battle more or less intact, which meant he got to ride all the way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] without anyone trying to kick him out the back door when he wasn't looking. This is exactly what happened to Megatron, however, and Blitzwing's old desire for leadership blossomed back up as he joined in on the scuffle for leadership that followed. Ultimately Starscream was the winner, and Blitzwing attended his coronation as the new [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Blitzwing’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]."}}

When the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on [[Chaar]] to bribe the [[Decepticon]] army with promises of [[energon]] and revenge, Blitzwing was the only one of his comrades to turn down their offers. He had met their kind before (or at least he thought they seemed familiar to him for [[Overcharge (G1)|''some'' reason]]) and did not trust them, though he could not remember why. Upon the triumphant return of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], Blitzwing was the only Decepticon left to greet him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

[[File:FFoD5 Blitzwings betrayal.jpg|left|thumb|It's the look of absolute shock on Galvatron's face that sells this.]]
Later, during an assault on Cybertron, it was Blitzwing who discovered that the Quintessons were lying to Galvatron and plotting to destroy all Transformers (instead of just the Autobots, which Blitzwing had no problems with). He tried to report this to Galvatron, but when he could not convince the Decepticon leader, he turned to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] for help. Together, Blitzwing and Rodimus were able to stop the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] commando team that had infiltrated Cybertron; Prime even offered Blitzwing a place among the Autobots, though the Triple-Changer politely declined. Unfortunately, Galvatron suspected that Blitzwing was trying to betray the Decepticons and steal the "[[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]]" for himself and threw the Quintessons' [[Large switch|nullifying switch]], deactivating Transformers galaxy-wide until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] destroyed it. With the Quintessons' deception revealed, Galvatron attempted to renew hostilities with Rodimus, but Blitzwing drew his weapon and targeted Galvatron, stating that the battle was over for now. Seething, but seeing little alternative, Galvatron accepted and withdrew his forces from Cybertron, but banished Blitzwing from the Decepticon ranks forever. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic (1)=====
Blitzwing was originally an [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]], the personal attendant of a [[Quintesson]] who led an invasion of the [[Legends World]]. There, he met the future version of himself, who dubbed the Overcharge "Blitzwing" and told him to forge his own destiny after hearing his past self's laments that he didn't know what to do without orders from his master, who abandoned him. After returning to the [[G1 World]], Blitzwing left the Quintessons and joined up with the [[Decepticon]]s on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Blitzwing was amongst the Decepticons who attacked the ''[[Trigger]]'' as it neared completion. They took it over easily, thanks in part to the human collaborator, [[Trov]]. One human, [[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]], had been overlooked by the Decepticons however, and managed to pin down Blitzwing and the rest of the group under Megatron's command in the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s rail room with a powerful electromagnetic field. Blitzwing was almost sent hurdling to the farthest side of the galaxy by the ''Trigger'', but a blast from Megatron's fusion cannon disabled the portal. Then the Autobots showed up, and the two factions began their battle aboard the space station. The Decepticons lost the fight and fled. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}

Blitzwing helped Megatron and Starscream fight off a squad of Autobots who had stumbled upon the Decepticons’ latest Energon-gathering scheme. He was ordered to provide Astrotrain with cover fire as the Decepticon shuttle retreated with the Decepticons’ newly acquired supply of Energon cubes. {{storylink|Activation}}

A duplicate of Starscream then showed up and swiped the entirety of the Energon cache, before disappearing with the other Starscream. Blitzwing was later amongst the Decepticons Megatron brought to the ''Trigger'' to confront the two Starscreams conspiring against the Decepticon leader. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Blitzwing had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
[[File:FourWarriors SunstreakerBlitzwing.jpg|thumb|If I blow up pretty boy here, then maybe Galvatron would forgive me. Or not...]]
By the year [[2011]], Blitzwing participated in an all-out Decepticon assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and was seen chasing [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] around the planet until he took cover and the Triple-Changer crashed into a wall. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} He later helped Astrotrain, Octane, and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] fight the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] on Earth, but the Autobot team was really just distracting them so that [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] could sneak into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} The three Triple Changers proceeded to help the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} and watch [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] reveal his [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Blitzwing was set with patrolling [[Chaar]]'s perimeter and guarding it from intruders. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] sneaked past him easily, only for Blitzwing to return and reveal that it was a trap. He took Chromedome for a spin before throwing him to Scorponok, who punched both Autobots back into space. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Blitzwing and Astrotrain were present in the climactic battle against the Autobots in the Arctic, and fled into space when it seemed like the Earth was going to be destroyed. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Legends'' comic (2)=====
Along with his comrades in the [[2021]] battle between [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s Autobots, Blitzwing's body became infected with [[black ball]]s and his head had to be converted into a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] to survive. Integrating himself into the society of the [[Legends World]] like the other black ball victims, Blitzwing was walking out after a night with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] at [[Hardhead's]] when he remembered the Quintesson invasion of the Legends World that he was part of. Attacking the Quintesson overseer for once being a slave to their whims, the diminutive Headmaster was easily tossed aside by the nearby Overcharge. Lamenting that he didn't have the perfect strategist, he was soon met by [[Big Convoy|Big Fight]], who offered to think for the soldier in battle. (He wasn't all that cracked up to be, only advising Blitzwing to take control of his own destiny.) Managing to turn a downed Overcharge into a [[transtector]], Blitzwing flew into battle and took down the Overcharge protecting the Quintesson. However, when the Quintesson escaped and the Overcharge panicked that he didn't know how to act on his own, Blitzwing realized it was him from the past and told him to forge his own path, giving him his name: "Blitzwing". After witnessing the invaders leave back to their home universe and saying his goodbyes to Big Fight, Blitzwing was back to boring Astrotrain with his stories at Hardhead's. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}} {{storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei|To Fight with...}}

Blitzwing later witnessed the arrival of [[Majin Zarak]] and had his transtector stolen by [[Flywheels]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
Blitzwing was in the midst of a battle against the Autobots when the dimensional intruder [[Grand Scourge]] dropped in through a rip in space-time and begun taking [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] apart. {{storylink|Decepticon Dark Commander Grand Scourge}}

=====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''=====
Blitzwing was one of many spectators for the [[Speedia 500]] race on [[Velocitron]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}} He remained for the second week of the race. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

=====''Cloud''=====
In an offshoot timeline known as the [[15-OGSS Spacetime]], Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Blitzwing were observing humanity's construction of an orbital space bridge on Megatron's orders when they were suddenly attacked by the [[Starscream (G1)#Cloud|Starscream]] from Cloud World. Starscream took down Blitzwing and was delighted to get to [[Blitzwing (Cloud)|kill him a second time]], but his attempted murder was interrupted by Cloud World's [[Brawn (Cloud)|Brawn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Cloud Compilation Comic|Compilation Comic}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
In [[Arizona]], Blitzwing joined the rest of the Decepticons in an all-out assault on the Autobots. The attack was just a distraction, however, so that Soundwave could continue operations in [[Japan]] unopposed. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Later, Blitzwing, Starscream, and Megatron attacked the Japanese city of [[Yokohama]], causing destruction using Megatron's "Super Megatron Gun" form. Warpath stood against them, but Blitzwing simply charged onwards, crushing the [[Mini Vehicle]] under his tracks. The Decepticons were eventually vanquished when [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] used his aerial manueverability to trick Blitzwing and Starscream to crash into their leader, followed by all three getting a "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prime]]-[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Magnus]] Double Cross Kick" to their backs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga=====
Blitzwing was among the "Legendary Decepticons" who appeared out of nowhere to challenge [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] and the Autobots on Earth. At the end of the day, "Blitzwing" was revealed to be nothing more than a hologram created by [[Turtler]] to confuse his foes. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable amalgam universe, Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons who assaulted [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian City]] in the year 2005. He was shot down by [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] when the Guardian leader arrived. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Blitzwing was one of the many warriors who retreated from Autobot City after Optimus Prime turned the tide, and was shocked when Starscream revealed that Megatron hadn't made it out. On returning to Cybertron, he was present to witness Starscream's coronation, which was subsequently interrupted by the approach of Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ten deadliest killers target 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
''Blitzwing was one of the [[Ten Deadliest Killers|most feared and deadly killers]] on Cybertron, and a specific target in [[Operation: Volcano]]. He'd have been killed in a [[Wreckers]] ambush at the [[Imperial Amphitheatre]] if [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] hadn't abruptly called most of the gang to Earth.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''Some time later, Megatron was teleported to Cybertron alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], Blitzwing's commanding officer, came to see Megatron as a liability and sought to take control of his more powerful body. Blitzwing witnessed the mind-swapping process, unaware that it had gone awry upon its completion, leaving both Megatron and Straxus trapped within the same frame.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Blitzwingg1mvl.jpg|thumb|Dern rickets!]]
Blitzwing, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Octane]] were commissioned by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to investigate the loss of his [[Wash and Roll|priceless cargo]] that had arrived on [[Earth]] via a low-cost freighter, but hadn't checked in as scheduled. Upon making contact with the [[Freighter pilot|crashed ship's pilot]], Blitzwing and his companions were infected with [[Scraplet]]s, and began to slowly waste away. The Autobots [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] came upon the site as well, and the Decepticons reveled at the chance at some destructive fun before their demise. Though Goldbug escaped, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, and Octane cornered Blaster {{storylink|Crater Critters}} and took him prisoner. The trio then made contact with Ratbat, and urged him to send a cure to their affliction. Instead, Ratbat decided to cut his losses and sent over the [[Throttlebot]]s, armed with canisters of acid, to put a permanent and immediate end to the infection. Upon seeing the Autobots approaching, Blitzwing tried to attack them, only to find he was already too weak to do anything more than sit tight and wait for the inevitable. This never came to pass though, as Blaster's friends returned with a strange and wondrous chemical that acted as a cure for the deadly disease: [[water]]. Though Blaster, who had himself gotten infected in the interim, refused to be saved if it meant also sparing the life of his captors, Goldbug's hand was forced against his fellow Autobot's wishes when thousands of Scraplets combined into a monster; the Decepticons were the only ones present with enough firepower to stop it. After being doused in water, the Decepticons made short work of the remaining Scraplets, then quickly took off hauling Ratbat's cargo. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:Long haul blitzwing toy soldiers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Don't be a weenie, Blitzwing. Astrotrain can carry all six of the Constructicons, plus their combined form.]]
After delivering the [[Wash and Roll|cargo]] to its intended destination, the Triple Changers linked up with [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s Decepticons on Earth, {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}} operating out of their [[Club Con|tropical island starship]]. At that time, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] had left Earth, allowing the other Decepticons to launch increasingly brazen raids; Blitzwing helped the Constructicons swipe a stockpile of girders by having them load up Long Haul with as many as he could carry, then Blitzwing carried him off to their base. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} ''On Shockwave's orders, he went up on a mission to [[London]] alongside [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] to retrieve the remains of [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] from the bottom of the [[Thames|River Thames]].'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} He was later part of a major offensive against the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], when the crews of the Ark and ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' all gathered together as one big target. Blitzwing's fortunes changed, however, when he came [[sword]]-to-sword with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] — it seems the [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] is mightier than the [[electron scimitar]]. Blitzwing was left in two pieces on the lunar landscape, and one can only assume his fellow Decepticons collected his pieces before fleeing. {{storylink|Totaled!}} He returned to the Decepticon island base as it was made over into a resort for human (shields). {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

[[File:Blitzwing horri-bull cold war.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Blitzwing doesn't take any bull.]]
Still smarting from his last fight, Blitzwing eagerly rushed into battle when an invasion alert sounded within the Decepticon base. This proved to be a false alarm, as the visitors were another group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Blitzwing wound up fighting against them nonetheless, as Starscream manipulated the two Decepticon groups into fighting one another, culminating in a [[Decepticon Civil War]] between them. Turnabout is fair play, as this time it was Blitzwing who cut an opponent in two, slicing through [[Horri-Bull]]'s midsection. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The infighting came to an end when the Decepticons learned that it had been orchestrated by Starscream in a bid to obtain the power of the legendary [[Underbase]] for himself. They returned to Ratbat's headquarters to tend to their wounds, though the reprieve turned out to be a short one; a large group of Autobots was detected inbound. This too turned out to be a distraction put together by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], and both factions united in order to stop the treacherous Seeker. Despite the Autobot/Decepticon alliance's best efforts, Starscream was able to absorb enough power to make himself virtually unstoppable. Blitzwing was part of a squad stationed in [[Buenos Aires]] in an effort to stop Starscream's rampage across the globe. He was destroyed, along with the other Decepticon Triple Changers, by a blast of cosmic energy. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Triple changers shockwave secrets.jpg|left|thumb]]
At some point during the conflict on Earth, Blitzwing and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] battled on a highway, the Autobot dodging Blitzwing's mortar blasts as he drove away. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

Blitzwing was loyal to Shockwave during the split in the Decepticon faction, a precursor to his [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|later career moves]]. At the [[Enclave]] between Megatron and Shockwave's troops, Blitzwing was seen talking to a Stunticon, and was later present during the huge melee initiated by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Later, having received insider information from a traitor in Megatron's camp, he joined Shockwave and the other Triple Changers in stealing an energon shipment right out from under Megatron himself, tossing the other Decepticon leader off a cliff in the process. {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}} He was present at Shockwave's base when the Insecticons tried to infiltrate it at Megatron's command. {{storylink|Bugged!}}

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After the Decepticon factions reunited, they staged a major strike on the Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Blitzwing joined [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and Octane in an airstrike on the Autobot compound, but they were eventually driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Later, he and Astrotrain received an SOS from their fellow Triple Changer, Octane, who had somehow driven himself into the middle of a military testing range. While fending off the live ammunition that threatened to set off their tanker truck comrade, Blitzwing demanded to know how this could have happened. Octane finally relented and told his fellow Decepticons that he had been "playing" again, attacking human vehicles for sport, when [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|one of them]] led him on a merry chase right into his current predicament. Infuriated by the idiot's antics, Blitzwing and Astrotrain left him to his fate in the combat zone. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
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In [[2004]], Blitzwing joined Astrotrain and Shockwave in an assault on Autobot City, but they were driven away when the rash and illogical [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] confused Shockwave's plans. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

''Blitzwing was present when Megatron returned as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and destroyed the usurper, [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]].'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] forced the Decepticons into an ill-advised assault on [[Autobase]] in [[2008]], Blitzwing was right there on the front lines, charging headlong into battle in his tank mode. He rushed towards [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], only to be met with heavy artillery in his advance. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Somehow he survived that terrifying encounter, and was present at the second major Decepticon offensive of 2008, acting as one of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s sub-commanders to ready his "team" for combat. Things turned ugly, however, when the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident Attack Craft]]s ambushed the Decepticon on their way to Autobase. Blitzwing and his fellow Decepticons only survived because [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the Autobots came to their rescue against the Quintessons. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Upon hearing that the upstart [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] was conquering worlds under the Decepticon banner, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] declared war on him. He gathered up his troops for his announcement, and Blitzwing was seen shouting Decepticon battle slogans like "Rip!" and "Tear!" as they were whipped into a frenzy. The [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] soon turned up and ripped and tore him a new one while soundly defeating Megatron's forces. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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By the year [[2012]], [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had forged an army of [[zombie]]s from the lobotomised remains of Starscream's Decepticon victims, including Blitzwing. Using these "Ex-bots," Megatron managed to achieve near-total control over the Earth. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}

Blitzwing and a sizeable portion of Megatron's legion were deployed in [[California]] to track down any survivors after Megatron had shot down the [[Wreckers]]' ship. Blitzwing got to ride on the back of Megatron's [[battle sled]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} After [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] was captured and infected with [[Scraplet]]s, Megatron left the old 'bot in the open as bait. The Wreckers willingly walked into the trap to keep Megatron distracted from some of their allies making a play for the Ark, and Blitzwing entered a dogfight with [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] upon his approach. Though Whirl managed to get a few good shots on Blitzwing, the latter couldn't feel pain in his undead state and kept coming, much to his opponent's frustration. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Blitzwing and the other zombified Cybertronians were off-lined permanently once [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Regeneration One|Circuit Smasher]] frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, [[Aunty|Auntie]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
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Early in the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron, Blitzwing was part of a Decepticon assault alongside [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], [[Octane]], [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], and the Autobot double agent [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

===The Special Teams===
Blitzwing was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
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===Marvel coloring books===
Blitzwing was one of the Decepticon troops Galvatron called upon during his battle against the Dinobots in [[Oil Valley]]. The Decepticons still lost the fight, as even more Autobot reinforcements arrived shortly after. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
[[File:DecepticonHijack_BlitzwingTruck.jpg|thumb|left|Blitzwing, our lord and savior.]]
During a Decepticon plot to steal an oil truck, Blitzwing short-circuited the truck's wiring so that it couldn't move. [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] countered his move, however, using electron pulses to restart the truck and get it back in action. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Battle Drive====
[[File:BattledriveBumblebeevsBlitzwingStarscream.jpg|thumb|Their epic rivalry would later be [[Bumblebee (film)|immortalized in film]].]]
Starscream and Blitzwing had been instructed by Megatron to wreak havoc and destroy the humans' wheat and corn farmland. They were meant to let the Autobots overhear that the Decepticons were planning to force the humans into starvation if they did not become Decepticon slaves, their true plan was a much more practical one. The two jets were to lure the Autobots into the open country, where they would have no cover against the flying Decepticons, and thus would be easy pickings.

In one possible sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, and was able to take out Blitzwing with a sucker punch. This took Blitzwing out of commission for the time being, as he lay a smoldering wreck on the ground. Later, if events played out in a certain fashion, a patched-up Blitzwing would join the rest of the Decepticons in tracking down Sparkplug Witwicky to a cave in the mountains. The human had discovered a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuitry, and the bulk of the Decepticons' forces were tasked by Megatron into hunting him down. The Decepticons were then ambushed by Swoop, who then either took out Megatron by himself, leading Blitzwing and the rest of the Decepticons to be subsequently defeated by Autobot reinforcements, or flew away after his initial assault, leading most of the Decepticon jets, but not Blitzwing himself, on a chase all the way back to Autobot headquarters. In the later turn of events, a later possibility arose wherein Prowl attempted to make a mad dash back to Autobot headquarters with Sparkplug. In this scenario, Blitzwing and Laserbeak chased Prowl as he zig-zagged into a forest, evading Decepticon fire... only for it all to turn out nothing but one of [[you]]r dreams.

In a completely different sequence of events, Bumblebee happened upon the duo, but hid amongst abandoned cars on the roadway instead of engaging Blitzwing and Starscream. Starscream and Blitzwing are not fooled, and transform before Bumblebee to discuss the Decepticons' "plan" between themselves, knowing Bumblebee would report back to Optimus. Before taking off, Blitzwing was sure to bang up the "abandonned car" out of spite. Once Optimus Prime had been lured out to the open farmland, Blitzwing was amongst the many flying Decepticons who planned to take him out. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded depended on what decisions Optimus made.

In other possible sequences of events, Blitzwing is part of a larger Decepticon army that take out the Autobots without much fanfare. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Autobot Alert!====
In one possible scenario, Blitzwing accompanied Galvatron on a campaign to retrieve an ancient sphere of cybertite that contained the secrets to an ancient Autobot power-booster. Learning that the sphere was located within a sunken ship off the California coast, Blitzwing and the others headed for its location.

If they found the Autobots in the middle of retrieving it, the Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the sphere, and proceeded to rain superior Decepticon firepower upon their foes.

If the Decepticons found the coast deserted, they retrieved the ship themselves, using the might of Devastator.

If Ironhide, Brawn and Grapple attempted to snatch the ship away from the Decepticons, Blitzwing and his comrades destroyed the ship and the sphere contained within to keep it out of Autobot hands. The Decepticons then proceeded to pin down the Autobots in their hiding spots, leaving the heroic robots at their mercy.

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, they successfully distracted the evil robots for long enough to whisk the cybertite sphere back to Metroplex. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===Milton Bradley comic===
Blitzwing was among the Decepticons under [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s command who ambushed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]] and was knocked offline when it crashed into [[Earth]]. He and the others were repaired four million years later when a volcanic eruption caused the ark's systems to spring into life. {{storylink|The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|The Transformers}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
As part of a new surveillance system, Blitzwing was in command of [[Decepticon Space Station Argon]]. He and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] coordinated the activation of the [[refraction shield]], rendering it and the other two stations like it invisible to all sensors. Some time later, Blitzwing got another transmission ordering him to move the station to a specific set of coordinates. Unaware it was [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] imitating Soundwave's voice, Blitzwing had the station shifted, at which point it collided with the other two stations, destroying all three. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:1 blitzwing war within.jpg|left|thumb|This probably didn't happen.]]
Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] was upgraded into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Megatron overlooked Blitzwing's activities in the field via a view-screen in his throne room. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Blitzwing later participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] where he demonstrated triple-changing abilities. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He was at Shockwave's side when the latter ordered the final push on the [[Decagon]], {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} and afterwards when Shockwave declared victory in Iacon with only a few Autobots left to mop up. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Blitzwing and the other Decepticons did not have long to savor their triumph - they were forced to retreat when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wound up destroying the entire [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]] by activating one of Cybertron's planetary engines. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:2 blitzwing dark ages.jpg|thumb|This may have happened, but he probably didn't look like that.]]
After the disappearance of Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion, Blitzwing remained with Shockwave's Decepticon forces, but was captured and imprisoned by the Autobots as an experiment too dangerous to be set free. Due to some unique property of his [[spark]], Blitzwing was abducted from [[Autobase]] by [[the Fallen]] as part of the [[Unbinding]], {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} and presumably released back to the Decepticons after the temporary truce that resulted from the Fallen's defeat. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Following the departure of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Blitzwing served as Shockwave's lieutenant, overseeing the introduction of [[Micromaster]]s into the Decepticon ranks. Blitzwing and Octane were standing guard at Decepticon HQ when one of the Decepticons' Micromaster patrols returned for a mission. One of them, the badly injured [[Greasepit (Micromaster)|Greasepit]], begged his larger counterparts to share some of their Energon, but Astrotrain and Blitzwing simply mocked him, and guzzled down their drinks. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Shortly before the return of [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] and [[Skyhopper]], Blitzwing appeared to be undergoing some sort of mutation which Shockwave did not fully understand, but which was also affecting [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Shockwave wanted to analyze and concentrate this mutation but his plans were cut short by the arrival of the two Micromasters - Blitzwing was knocked offline by Skyhopper, while Skystalker turned Shockwave into a glove puppet. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

[[File:4 blitzwing prime directive.jpg|thumb|left|This almost certainly didn't.]]
At some point Blitzwing was reactivated and made his way to [[Earth]], where he was seen among the Decepticons captured and deactivated during [[Operation Liberation]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}}

Somehow he avoided becoming one of the Transformers recovered and controlled by [[Lazarus]], returning instead to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where he fell once more under Shockwave's command. During this time, Shockwave had unified the Autobots and Decepticons, and Blitzwing now served alongside his former enemies as part of a combined force. Alongside his fellow [[Triple Changer]]s, Blitzwing accompanied Shockwave to Earth to capture the renegade forces of Optimus Prime and Megatron and even managed to cause Megatron some damage before he was badly bent out of shape by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the battle that ensued.

While Shockwave returned to Cybertron with the captive ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' crew, Blitzwing remained behind on Earth to assist [[Security Team Dion]] in apprehending the Autobots. {{storylink|New World Order}} {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} Despite his mutual antagonism with the [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|team's commander]], they managed to capture Prime's crew without incident, except when Blitzwing's goading of Optimus Prime caused him to smack the Triple Changer down. Blitzwing returned to Cybertron along with the prisoners aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Shockwave was ordering Blitzwing to bring him his prisoners when the conversation was interrupted by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]' attack on Shockwave's citadel. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Blitzwing crossed swords once more with Grimlock and though it was Ultra Magnus who took the Dinobot commander down, it was Blitzwing who made sure he ''stayed'' down. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Later, during Optimus Prime's uprising of the Autobot resistance, Shockwave ordered Blitzwing to rally the troops and activate the defences. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Blitzwing subsequently joined Astrotrain on the front lines, and was about to take out that Autobrat [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] when he was pummelled into the ground by a rejuvenated Grimlock and thrown at an approaching [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:6 blitzwing route of all evil.jpg|thumb|Eh, doesn't matter anymore.]]
Following the toppling of Shockwave's government, Shockwave, Blitzwing, Astrotrain and the [[Conehead]]s went to ground in the Cybertronian wastelands, operating out of a hidden base. When their perimeter alarm was tripped by a reanimated [[Air Warrior]], Shockwave ordered Blitzwing and Astrotrain to investigate. The mindless drone was merely a distraction for a [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] attack and though Astrotrain surrendered and agreed to serve Megatron, Blitzwing's loyalty to Shockwave proved too great - he resisted and the Predacons tore him to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

His remains were then examined by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|Blitzwing's history in Dreamwave's comics was rather convoluted and contradictory. His appearance among the captured Decepticons on Earth in [[Prime Directive|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 1: Prime Directive]] is at odds with his later appearances on Cybertron in [[War and Peace|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 2: War and Peace]] and ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|Micromasters]]''. Furthermore, his earliest chronological appearance in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' depicts him as a Triple Changer, while in ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]'' he's an experiment that Shockwave had invested an "awful lot of time and resources in". ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' also states that Blitzwing's triple-changing was the result of one of Shockwave's experiments (though problematically it claims [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was perfected first) while in ''Micromasters'' Blitzwing appears to be naturally evolving into a Triple Changer. The answers to these conundrums, and the identity of the being who examined his fallen form (though it was likely [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]) will remain forever unanswered, due to the bankruptcy and collapse of Dreamwave.}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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When [[Teletran 3]] sent a random selection of Transformers careening through the timeline, Blitzwing was one of the unfortunate victims. He was locked into the form of a private commuter jet in mid-1970s [[San Francisco]] until a number of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] located him and slapped a [[disruption unit]] on him. Having no idea what the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] was going on, Blitzwing's first reaction was to attack the Autobots, only to be transported back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Upon arrival, he was overpowered and tied up by the Autobots. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} He was presumably saved when the Autobots were defeated and captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

After [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticon army, Blitzwing joined Astrotrain, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Blitzwing participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Blitzwing was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. He cheered on when Predaking clashed with The Beast, but it did little good in helping the Decepticon gestalt. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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Blitzwing was [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|forged]]. Before the [[Great War (G1)|war]], he was a member of the [[Triorian Guard]], the [[Senate]]'s elite unit of Triple Changers. They were once charged with guarding the [[Primal Basilica]] and killing anyone suspicious. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] wanted to have a peaceful chat with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] in the early days of the Decepticon revolt, Blitzwing and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] held [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] hostage to make sure Orion didn't get any funny ideas. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} This went well until Autobot reinforcements arrived, at which point Orion blasted Blitzwing's arm straight off. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Megatron and Orion Pax later formed an alliance to overthrow [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]], and Blitzwing participated in their combined attack on Prime's [[Citadel (building)|Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

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With Zeta Prime dead, Megatron took control of Cybertron and had his Decepticons hunt down and arrest any Autobots who tried to resist. Blitzwing was part of a team who captured Bumblebee, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] in [[Ultrix]]. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Put in charge of an armored division, Blitzwing and his subordinates were ordered by Megatron to contain the Autobot forces until he unleashed his little "surprise": the [[vamparc ribbon|vamparc annihilator]]. The plan failed and Blitzwing presumably retreated with the rest of the Decepticons after the battle. {{storylink|Endgame}}

Following Megatron's defeat, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took control of the Decepticons and led Blitzwing and several other fliers on an attack on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]]. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} He used his tank mode to blast his way into the building, allowing Scorponok to give chase to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Shortly after the destruction of the refinery, Blitzwing witnessed Scorponok kill a fellow Decepticon for daring to compare him to Megatron. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}} Scorponok later sent his Decepticons to attack [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where Blitzwing was unfortunate enough to run into a raging [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] and get his arm ripped off. {{storylink|Massacre}} Unable to beat the monstrous berserker, the frightened Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain. {{storylink|Unleashed}} Megatron later returned and led the Decepticons, including Blitzwing, in an assault on Iacon. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

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Some 500,000 years ago, Blitzwing served under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] as part of a team sent to find the lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. On the two-hundred-and-thirty-eighth day of this grueling campaign, Blitzwing and his colleagues destroyed a [[Nibarian]] outpost because they believed it was between them and their quarry. A hunch from [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] led them further to a planet inhabited by [[Urtuskian]]s. As Blitzwing and the other Decepticons started obliterating the primitive outpost, believing Metroplex was underneath (and also because it was fun), their team was caught up to by a team of [[Autobot]]s who had been trailing them. Blitzwing and the other the Decepticons retreated without accomplishing their goal and with Blitzwing less than happy with Thundercracker's performance as a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]. {{storylink|The Hunting Party (IDW)|The Hunting Party}}

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In the mid-19th century, Blitzwing and Astrotrain joined [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s unit when the treacherous Air Commander entered into an alliance with [[Vekktral]], an ambitious [[Dire Wraith]] sorcerer to steal an [[energon synthesizer]] that belonged to the Cybertronian [[Space Knight]] [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}} Using Astrotrain as a Trojan horse to smuggle a complement of Dire Wraiths aboard the Solstar space station ''[[Orchid Crossing]]'', the Decepticons arrived in force after the Wraiths dropped their cover and went on the offensive. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} The Decepticons were tailed by Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee, and [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]]; as the Autobots joined the fight, one of the Dire Wraiths attempted to merge with Sky Blast and created an insane, unpredictable monster who threatened to tear apart the installation. The Decepticons bailed out of the burning station as it entered the atmosphere of [[Xetaxxis]], an icy and inhospitable world. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

Blitzwing and the other Decepticons caught up with the Sky Blast-monster as it ravaged a [[Xetaxxan|Xetaxxian]] village and eventually burned itself to cinders; an excited Vekktral was eager to retry the experiment, but the Decepticons weren't so keen. Instead, the airborne Decepticons minus Astrotrain flew ahead to the wreckage of ''Orchid Crossing'' to recover the energon synthesizer, but wound up dogfighting with Stardrive, [[Rom]], and [[Livia]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}} They retreated in time for Bumblebee and Sata to arrive, tailed by Ultra Magnus... who had been forcibly assimilated by Vekktral to create a more stable hybrid. Hoping to further advance the evolution of his race, the Wraith promptly backstabbed his Decepticon allies of convenience and began trying to infect them as well. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}} The Decepticons briefly accepted the assistance of the Autobots to help blast the alien parasites — with Blitzwing helping to rescue his friend and punching bag Astrotrain from the creatures. Ultimately, the Decepticons decided to abandon the planet and retreat, but not before Starscream detonated his erstwhile prize to keep the synthesizer out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

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In the modern day, Blitzwing was part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. He was assigned along with [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, including Megatron. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} Thus he was guarding the abandoned bunker when Bumblebee, [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]], and their human companions came to investigate it. Ratchet attempted to down him, but Blitzwing fired a direct shot from his tank mode and then ran the doc right over. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}} Unfortunately, he and Skywarp were interrupted in their bombing when Megatron, both obviously unhurt and seriously pissed, erupted from the rubble. Blitzwing, giving up on apologies, tried to actually fight "the Big Meg". This didn't end well. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}}

Apparently, Megatron forgave Blitzwing for the attempted coup (after nearly destroying him in Nebraska), as he helped Megatron in his plot in the country of Latveria. He was one of the many Decepticons to be supercharged with energy siphoned from [[Spider-Man]] as part of the Decepticons' "[[Mirror response mode]]." {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} He then helped defend Megatron's installation in Latveria from the combined forces of the [[Avengers]] and the Autobots, but was felled by [[Iron Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} When Earth's heroes managed to destroy the "Psycho-prism" integral to Megatron's scheme, the Decepticon leader recognized that their mission no longer served its purpose. Megatron warped Blitzwing and his other troops away before retreating himself afterwards. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

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Later, he was seen working alongside the Decepticon leader in their Russian operation a few weeks after the failed coup, his tank form playing a key role in the plot. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} He showed the power to cloak himself and had a chance to take out Optimus, {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 3|Escalation #3}} but was blasted to bits by Optimus Prime's [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] drone. {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}}

He and the other Decepticons crapped themselves when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] was called in and realized Megatron was losing it, but didn't dare tell him that — and so went with Astrotrain's plan to bring back Starscream to do it for them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} When the [[Reaper]]s attacked, Blitzwing gave Megatron a very lame report on what was going on and tried to cover for an absent Astrotrain, {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} before joining the fight against the aliens. With Megatron now knowing they'd plotted behind his back, Blitzwing still optimistically tried to say "well, it all worked out, eh guys?" and might have been killed by Megatron if Starscream hadn't pointed out that Earth was now aware of them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

When the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth and planned to feed them to [[Insecticon swarm|the Swarm]] on Cybertron, Optimus Prime punched Blitzwing and stole his gun, which allowed him to seal the [[space bridge]] before the other Decepticons could follow. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

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One year later, Blitzwing participated in the massive Decepticon attack on [[New York City]], joining the other flying Decepticons in repelling an attack by human fighter jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} They then blew up the [[Brooklyn Bridge]] to prevent any humans from escaping. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} Blitzwing was one of many Decepticons to listen to Megatron's speech about conquest. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} Blitzwing later approached Megatron in [[Israel]], worried about his leader going off on his own without any [[Mini-Cassette]]s to disrupt human missiles. Megatron replied that he needed some time alone, and that human weaponry was of no concern to him. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} As the Decepticons returned to New York, Blitzwing witnessed Starscream incite a minor rebellion against Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} He then fought back against European jets and the Autobots who had returned from Cybertron onboard [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Decepticon forces were defeated, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} and Blitzwing and the others fled into space on Astrotrain. {{storylink|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

It took three years, but Megatron was eventually repaired from the injuries he had sustained in New York, only to be very disappointed by the awful shape Blitzwing and the other Decepticons were in. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} Under his command, the Decepticons returned to Earth and attacked a [[Skywatch]] base in order to free their captured comrades. Blitzwing participated in the attack, and hauled [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]'s body out of the wrecked base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} He was later among the Decepticons who were eager to watch another duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, only to be caught in the blast when Prime dropped an entire satellite on his long-time enemy. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

[[File:Kings Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Man, [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Random Blitzwing]] just keeps getting weirder and weirder.]]
Megatron would later use space bridge technology built into in his new body to summon Blitzwing and the rest of the Decepticons on Earth to him on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Question}} At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] into combining with his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a [[Deceptigod|huge monster]]. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

After the beast was defeated, the weakened Decepticons were rounded up and imprisoned by the Autobots. They were briefly released to help the Autobots beat down a [[NAIL]] riot, though with [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]] planted in their heads to keep them from being too brutal. Blitzwing was still pretty brutal. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Blitzwing and Astrotrain supported [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s attempts to restart the war with the Autobots, but their plan was nipped in the bud when Starscream and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] had [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] defeat the rebellious Decepticons and kidnap their leaders. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} However, Prowl turned out to be under the control of a returning Megatron, so instead of getting captured the Decepticons were upgraded and allowed to rejoin their old leader. Together with Astrotrain, Blitzwing went on to capture a group of Autobots sent to investigate Prowl's recent actions and bring them to the [[Black Room]] where Megatron was waiting. {{storylink|The Verge}} {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} He stood by Megatron's side as the Decepticons made their move to conquer Cybertron, but got a little panicky when their trump card, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], fell. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} After battle ended with a Decepticon defeat, Starscream took control of Iacon and banished all Autobots and Decepticons who wouldn't renounce their factions, including Blitzwing. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

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Shortly after being banished out into the Cybertronian wilderness, Blitzwing could only watch in horror as [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] started succumbing to the effects of [[Solomus|Chief Justice Tyrest's]] [[universal killswitch]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} He and his pal Astrotrain were all too eager to take their anger out on Starscream and all of Iacon. But when [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] nixed the idea and tried to take command, Blitzwing and Astrotrain tried beating him to pulp, even threatening to exile him to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. But [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] broke up the fight before it got too serious. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} Later, Blitzwing was one of the Decepticons waiting for Soundwave to return from the [[Crystal City]], demanding to know if Shockwave had been stopped. But he soon got an answer to his own question when he saw an ominous "sunrise" off in the direction Soundwave was coming from. He and the rest of Cons rallied behind Soundwave as he led them against Shockwave. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

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By the time they arrived, the Autobots and a [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] were already at the site waiting for them. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} They engaged the Autobots in battle, but the fight was interrupted when the Titan unleashed a deadly energy wave that injured combatants on both sides, including, to Blitzwing's horror, Astrotrain. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} Autobots and Decepticons subsequently joined forces with the Autobots against Shockwave, with Blitzwing teaming up with Arcee for the course of the battle. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Blitzwing later participated in the futile attack by the combined Autobot/Decepticon forces on the Necrotitan. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} After the Necrotitan was felled, Blitzwing witnessed the triumphant return of the Autobots alongside his wounded comrades, then hung out with a bunch of other dudes from various factions at [[Swerve's]], singing to a tune, all enmities temporarily forgotten. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace was interrupted by an army of [[Ammonite]]s invading Cybertron, and Blitzwing once again fought alongside the Autobots to defend the planet. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

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Blitzwing was among the loyal Decepticons who fell under [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s command and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Allying with [[Earth Defense Command]], the group aided them in confronting Optimus Prime's team {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} and was therefore involved in pursuing the Autobots to the town of [[Poverty Flat]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} There Blitzwing led an ineffective air strike on Devastator, who was now on the Autobots' side, until the EDC deemed the mission a failure and had the 'cons teleported away. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} The Decepticons attacked the Autobots again at the EDC's [[Marshall Islands]] base, but were defeated when their [[Nemesis (G1)|ship]] was shot down, leaving Blitzwing to pull Astrotrain out of the wreckage. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

Blitzwing was playing cards with Soundwave's cassettes on the ''Nemesis'', repurposed as an underwater base, when Galvatron approached them with a new mission. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} The Decepticons traveled to [[Tokyo]] where they captured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]], {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} causing them to come into a face-punching conflict with the Autobot-allied Constructicons. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} After forming an alliance with Arcee, the Decepticons again took on Prowl-Devastator in an attempt to prevent him from getting his hands on the [[Enigma of Combination]], but Blitzwing and the others failed to deal much damage to the giant. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

As the Decepticons made plans to attack the Autobots' neutralized ''[[Ark-7]]'' for its space bridge, Blitzwing was confused by Galvatron remarking that they had to seize it before the Autobots blew their own ship up, as he thought that their new leader was making headway on getting Arcee on their side and didn't think she'd commit suicide. However, things clicked together when Galvatron explained that the Autobots would likely set the ship to explode and escape from their imprisonment through the space bridge to get reinforcements. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

Soon after, Blitzwing and the Decepticon elite were summoned to Shanghai, China by Galvatron, as the Decepticon invasion of Earth was to begin. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} He participated in the battle against Optimus Prime and his Autobots, who were intent on annexing Earth into the Cybertronian [[Council of Worlds]], and was one of the few Decepticons who withstood the detonation of a debilitating [[mindbomb]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

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When Optimus Prime and his team of Autobots led an attack on Galvatron's base of operations in the [[Indian Ocean]], Blitzwing was one of the Decepticons who scrambled to defend the ''Nemesis'' from the Autobots, accompanied by three of Blackrock's combining [[Seeker clone]]s. The Decepticons and Autobots were evenly matched... until Galvatron deployed his newest weapon: the energies of the Enigma of Combination, amplified through the Onyx code to create a planet-sized Enigma capable of forcing Transformers together into new combiners. Blitzwing found himself mashed together with several other Decepticons to form [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]], who punched out [[Victorion]] and battled [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] beside [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-blitzwingdissected.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Astrotrain's right. [[Prime Target (episode)#Quotes|How do you get into these messes?]]]]
This didn't last long, however, as Superion found a way to bypass the Enigma's source code and circumvent its energies. The two combiners were forced apart, and Blitzwing was left unconscious by the shock of involuntary de-combination. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

After being apprehended by the combined Autobot and Decepticon force in the wake of Galvatron's defeat, Blitzwing attempted to break free from his captors but was taken down by a stungun in the hands of [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], knocking him out. {{storylink|White Light}} When the [[Earth Defense Command]] launched an attack on the Autobots, Blitzwing took advantage of the confusion to try and make another run for it. He only got so far before he was impaled by [[Zilong Qian|Talon]]'s aircraft. Talon flew the wounded Decepticon to [[Governor's Island]] on the orders of [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]]. {{storylink|White Heat}}

A few months later, Joe Colton delivered the mangled Blitzwing to his old associate [[Miles Mayhem]] in response to a planetary crisis sparked by [[Ore-13]]. Hoping to use Blitzwing's biology to devise a weapon capable of disrupting the activities of the Autobots on Earth, Mayhem continued to vivisect the Triple-Changer, and integrated some of his discoveries into the experimental [[M.A.S.K.|Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]] fleet. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}} The mutilated Decepticon was still imprisoned in the G.I. Joe facility as Mayhem discussed the M.A.S.K. project with [[Scarlett]], his pleas for death ignored by all. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}} Blitzwing later found some strength to resist when he assumed Mayhem was interrogating him, but instead he demonstrated that the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] produced energy ''particularly'' virulent against Cybertronian life. {{storylink|First Strike issue 0|First Strike #0}}

===''Spotlight: Mirage''===
Blitzwing accompanied Starscream's small strike team to the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]], hunting down the last pockets of Autobot resistance. Blitzwing and Astrotrain both attacked Optimus Prime after the mercenary [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] destroyed the Autobot bunker's security system, allowing the Decepticons in, but was swiftly defeated by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. He held Optimus Prime back when Mirage prepared to carry out Megatron's order to kill the Autobot prisoners.

But it was all Mirage's dream... or was it? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
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Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons under Starscream's command during Earth's industrial revolution. He acted as guard for the Decepticon's base of operations. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

With his fellow Decepticons, Blitzwing fell under the thrall of an [[Elder God]] in [[1888]]. As part of the Elder God's forces, Blitzwing, with the other Decepticons, defended [[Port Cenotaph]] from intruders. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} He soon defended the town against an international fleet, but was shot down. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
The [[Autoscout]] zoomed past Blitzwing on its way to deliver a love-letter to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Robot Heroes===
Blitzwing was one of the Decepticons who traveled to Earth with Megatron, and was all too eager to fight the Autobots. When the two groups met, Blitzwing decided to teach Bumblebee a lesson, only to be driven off alongside his comrades. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Blitzwing was one of the many Decepticons who pursued the [[AllSpark]] to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Generations'' toy bio===
Blitzwing's mind split into three personalities—an "ice cold" strategist supreme, an idiot hothead, and a random, bizarre personality who thought he was funny but was a danger to friend and foe alike. While a poor soldier, Megatron saw him as a useful tool. {{storylink|Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Blitzwing toy bio}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Blitzwing was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Overshoot]] referred to the [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]s as Blitzwing's "processor-fragged little brothers". {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Change In Your Nature Part Three|''Transformers'' #15]]}}

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Blitzwing had been a member of Cybertron's armed forces since the days of the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]]. During this prosperous era, he fought alongside [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and others against the rogue combiner known as [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Blitzwing served under [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], and eventually became a member of [[Strika's Heavies|her elite artillery unit]]. He confronted [[Exarchon]] himself once, outside the ruins of [[Yuss]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} By the era of the [[Nominus Edict]], Blitzwing was widely regarded as the greatest Triple Changer on Cybertron. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

At some point after Megatron rose to become leader of the Ascenticon party, Strika joined his increasingly militant party; once Megatron had overthrown the government and captured the [[Senate]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], she brought with her a number of her supporters to become the backbone of the "New Heavies", alongside [[Heavywait]], [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], and [[Apeface]]. During an Autobot raid on the buillding, Blitzwing and Apeface ambushed [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s [[Senate Guard]] and wound up blowing [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] to bits. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} Strika's Heavies next assembled to attack the Autobots located at the Forge Pyramid. Blitzwing needled Apeface about his inferior triple-changing, and received a mild shot in the back during the operation for his insults. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} Later, Blitzwing suffered Megatron's ire when he realized Optimus Prime and the Autobots had escaped from Iacon entirely. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}}

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As Megatron tightened his grip on Cybertron, Blitzwing was part of a unit who fought the Autobots in [[Protihex]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}}

Blitzwing and the other Heavies assembled for Strika to lead the invasion of the Autobot's stronghold at [[Crystal City]]. Blitzwing's unit broke through the outer fortifications to reach the city's inner defenses. Even the Heavies paused, however, when the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] made planetfall right on their position. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} Strika was not intimidated after seeing the dilapidated state of the Titan, and the combiner [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] she released was a surmountable problem. At her command, Blitzwing spurred Apeface and the other Heavies into action. Computron did not go down easily, however, and much of the Decepticon army fled at first sight of Lodestar. With the tide of the battle turned, Strika and Blitzwing reluctantly agreed to talks with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}}

Peace did not last, and Blitzwing assembled with the full force of the Decepticon army to meet the Autobots at Darkmount. {{storylink|End of Time}} The battle was fierce, but Computron sacrificed itself to hold back the Decepticons long enough for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to escape Cybertron aboard the last ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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After the Decepticons had conquered [[Hill Valley]], Blitzwing oversaw the human slaves enter the transport that took them to manufacture [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
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==Commercial appearances==
Blitzwing and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] had the Autobots [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] pinned down, until [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived to turn the tide of battle. Though the Decepticon triple-changers attempted to flee, their Autobot counterparts were able to keep pace by rapidly shifting through all three of their modes. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
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*''Stages'': 1, 2
*''Point value'': 300 (tank mode) / 300 (robot mode)

Innumerable copies of Blitzwing are part of the [[Decepticon]] forces that menace [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey.

They trundle forward slowly in tank mode, their low profiles making it hard for Magnus to hit them while in robot mode. Bizarrely, despite those big honking cannons they got, they don't fire at all. Magnus's vehicle-mode low arcing missile shot can nail tank-mode Blitzwings, forcing them into robot mode. A second shot from the missile is needed to finally destroy them in robot mode, as they are ''just'' short enough to slip under Magnus's robot-mode blaster.

Or they can just be jumped over easily because the effort isn't worth it and something else will likely kill you while you're dinking around with a Blitzwing.

They appear in the [[Wasteland Zone]], as well as the [[Temple Ruins]] where they can actually climb up the walls in tank mode. Freaky! {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Blitzwings use the same robot-mode sprites as the [[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetron]] enemies.}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
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{{bigquote|It's triplechanging Blitzwing! With the ability to transform into a tank or a fighter jet, Blitzwing brings a special brand of Decepticon to every battle he joins!|The [[narrator]]|''[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers]]''}}
{{voiceactor|[[Alex Easley]] (English)}}

In the Autobot story, Blitzwing appears to have been placed in charge of the Jaad wind power plant. When Optiumus Prime's squad team made it to the main station of the power plant, Blitzwing approached them in his tank form, expressing mock surprise that the Autobots managed to make it. He transformed to robot form, commenting how worthless his troops were, letting the Autobots reach the main station so easily. Blitzwing then announced that it didn't matter, because he was going to burn up the Autobots. However, Blitzwing failed to live up to his threat and was defeated by the Autobot squad team. Expressing disbelief that he was defeated, he decided to high-tail it out of there, transforming to jet mode and flying away. The Autobots faced Blitzwing once again inside the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]] and yet again at the [[Karzite mine]]. They managed to defeat the triple changer along with his troops on both occasions.

During the Decepticon storyline, Blitzwing was a member of a team that Megatron sent to investigate a mysterious UFO that was spotted in the area of Zel Samine. Something caused the team to lose contact with the main Decepticon forces, and they found out that they could not leave the planet, as Zel's sun, Paradius, emitted electromagnetic rays that was harmful to them. Unable to contact Megatron and with no way to leave the planet safely, Blitzwing and the others scattered across Zel.

The Decepticon forces went to Zel in order to investigate, and Blitzwing found them just when they were leaving the geothermal power plant. Expressing relief on how the Decepticons finally arrived, Blitzwing drove up to them in tank mode and transformed to [[robot mode]]. He complained about how late the Decepticons were and voiced his thoughts on how they were going to leave him behind to clean up all the pieces of the Autobots the Decepticons had defeated. Megatron briefly thought that he would have to bolt Blitzwing's mouth shut, but ultimately decided that he could use the triple changer and let him join his forces. What was Blitzwing's response? "Yes sir, Lord Megatron!" {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Blitzwing served under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game}}

===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Blitzwing were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Blitzwing, [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] were on a mission to retrieve the [[MacGuffin Generator]] from a human military base when their destructive raid wave interrupted by a group of Autobots. The fight came to a stalemate at first, then the Decepticons managed to acquire the generator. Though Blitzwing and his allies were at first supercharged by the device, the MacgGuffin generator poroved to be more volatile than they expected. It exploded, sending the Decepticons flying off into the distance. {{storylink|Raiding Party}} When he discovered the Quintessons were planning to betray the Decepticons, Blitzwing was forced to switch sides in an attempt to thwart the Quintesson plan. After the plan failed, Blitzwing prevented Galvatron from attacking Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Blitzwing participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, 50 hunter cores, and 5 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Dave Boat]] (English)}}
Blitzwing appeared when the Autobots tried crossing [[Liberty Bridge]] to reach the island where the [[Plasma Core]] landed, attacking them as they crossed the bridge. At first, the Autobots fended him off while he alternated between tank and jet modes, and they themselves remained in their vehicle modes. Once defeated on the bridge, Blitzwing attacked again on the island itself, this time using his robot mode more often. He appeared once more later, stalling the Autobots while [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] worked on patching the Core. Blitzwing possessed control over both fire and ice elemental abilities during his battles with the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation|Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blitzwing_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[[You|You're]] the military strategist? Well we're already screwed!]]

*'''Class''': Triple Changer
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*Abilities: As a triple changer, Blitzwing has two abilities available to him.
**'''Flamestrike''': Set the target on fire dealing 109 damage over 8 seconds. Follow with Plasma Shroud: re-ignite the target dealing 169 damage over 6 seconds.
**'''Plasma Shroud''': Ionized plasma lowers enemy damage by 50% for 7 seconds. Follow with Flamestrike: trigger a plasma burst dealing 121 damage in a big area.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blitzwing Blitzwing at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
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Blitzwing is commander of the twenty-third Decepticon base besieged by Autobots. He will attempt to stop the Autobot invaders but is eventually defeated. Players encounter Blitzwing once they reach 468,000,000 points. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}

===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
Blitzwing was one of the Decepticons under Starscream's command during an invasion of Earth. He could be found defending the Decepticons' mining efforts. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Blitzwing was a brutal triple-changer. Despite his skills on the battlefield, he was so unpleasant to be around that even his fellow Decepticons were reluctant to come to his aid. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

Following Megatron's disappearance, Blitzwing invited any surviving Decepticons to a ceremony on a small colony on the outer rim of the galaxy where they would memorialize their leader. However, Unicron's attack on Cybertron and his subsequent destruction meant that many Decepticons fled to this planet; over time, it grew to become [[New Kaon]], a new Decepticon homeworld modelled after the slums of old Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
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* The earliest ''[[Diaclone]]'' catalog artwork to show the "Jet Fighter Type" Triplechanger depicted it with [[:File:LaserdiscBookletDiacloneBlitzwingProtoFace.jpg|a less humanoid-looking face]]; this art took its cues from an unused, pre-production design for the toy's head. Images of both were featured in the booklet included with Japan's "Megatron {{w|LaserDisc}}" set in 1995.
* Blitzwing's [[Tech Spec]] [[bio]] has a probable typographical error on it which gives him the function of "Ground and Air Commander" at a rank of ''six''. The actual function, which appears in other merchandise (such as the [[Action Cards]]) is "Ground and Air Commando".
* Like the majority of new season 2 characters, Blitzwing's character model was designed with only a front-facing image of his toy for reference, requiring the designers to invent a rear-view design from virtually whole cloth. Blitzwing's rear-view model misinterprets how ''many'' details visible from the front are supposed to work: instead of the tank turret that is supposed to rest on his back, he instead has a sort of "jetpack" which incorporates both his jet-mode engines (which are actually supposed to be his feet) and his wings (which are supposed to be part of his shoulders). His tank barrel does not even protrude from this backpack, but is instead shifted to emerge from the back of his head.
** Additionally, the character model for his tank mode was evidently based on a mis-transformed toy, as it orients the entire body of the tank backwards, with his jet cockpit being at the front, visible below the tank's barrel, instead of at the back. The character model for his jet mode was also evidently based on a mis-transformed toy, as it's missing the horizontal stabilizers—granted, ''most'' people seem to not know that the toy has these as most unofficial toy photography images that come up in a quick Google Images search don't have them flipped out either.
* In the episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]" several of the Stunticons fit inside of Blitzwing in his jet mode in a similar way to how Decepticons usually go inside of Astrotrain in his shuttle mode. It would seem as though Blitzwing can mass shift to make his flying [[alternate mode]] large enough to fit other Decepticons the way that fellow Triple Changer Astrotrain often does.
* In the original script for ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', after Blitzwing's banishment, Rodimus extended his offer to Blitzwing a second time, and in this instance, he did not accept, but did not ''refuse'' either, saying that he would think about it. The later episode, "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" was originally written to feature Blitzwing, but was later re-written to be about the newest Decepticon Triple Changer, [[Octane]], although there is no explanation offered for why Octane is friendly with the Autobots. It would seem that this would have originally been Blitzwing following up on Rodimus's offer. Blitzwing would reappear briefly in several crowd scenes, such as "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]" and "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]", likely as the result of carelessness in production.
* A [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle scene from ''[[TV Magazine]]'' (reprinted in ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'') appears to depict (one of?) Blitzwing's original alt mode(s) as a double-barreled tank—a good decade and a half before he received a Cybertronian makeover in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''.
* The season 3 [[title sequence]] features a large row of tanks that look suspiciously identical to Blitzwing. Any significance to this is unknown (though none likely exists, owing to generic model reuse), but the oddity was later rationalized with the drone model [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]. [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|''Legends'' Bonus Edition Vol. 59]] would ultimately explain Blitzwing's connection to the Overcharges.
* Blitzwing was a character whom John Barber and James Roberts both wanted at the outset of their books.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/985650876747538432|name=James Roberts|day=15|month=04|year=2018|site=Twitter|quote=I considered having Blitzwing on board from, and Ravage. Got the latter in the end.}}</ref>
* According to [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' #1]], Blitzwing is 30 feet tall and weighs 12 tons.<ref>For reference, this equals 9.1 metres and 10.9 metric tonnes.</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blitzwing''' (ブリッツウイング ''Burittsuuingu'')
*''French:'' '''Le Blitz''' (Canada, "The Blitz")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Villámszárny''' ("Lightning Wing")
*''Italian:'' '''Triplex Due''' ("Triplex Two")
*''Korean:'' '''Blitzwing''' (블리츠윙 ''Beullicheuwing'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shǎndiànyì''' (Taiwan, 閃電翼, "Lightning Wing"), '''Shǎndìan''' (China, 闪电, "Lightning")
*''Polish:'' '''Niszczyciel''' ("Destroyer"), '''Szybkie Skrzydło''' ("Fast Wing") ("Cosmic Rust")
*''Russian:'' '''Razryad''' (Разряд, "Discharge")

==Gallery==
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File:Generations boxart Blitzwing.jpg|''Generations'' art
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==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
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Blaster (G1)

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Cavewomania: /* Blaster */ added Korean name, some reformatting to make the list alphabetical

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:''Blaster is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:SDCCBlasterBoxArt.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"What it is, big mama? My mama ain't raise no dummies, I dug her rap!"]]

'''Blaster''' loves all Earth music, especially good, hard, LOUD rock 'n' roll. He can be found at the forefront of any situation in which he's involved, be it getting down and truly hopping to town, or kicking butt and taking names—both of which he does well, and both of which have led him into conflict with authority at times. Blaster marches to his own beat, whether it's a pounding bassline or pounding Decepticon skulls, and he's not shy when it comes to sharing his feelings about either! He maintains a shared enmity with his Decepticon counterpart [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], with whom he shares his powers over all forms of sound, and is often backed up by a team of his own [[Autobot Mini-Cassette]]s to match Soundwave's mini-minions on the battlefield.

{{note|Blaster's personality varied significantly across different media; see entries below for details.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
[[File:AutoBop blaster speakers.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Beware my tweeters of doom!!]]
Blaster was a fun-loving, hip and happening robot. Loud and energetic, he was quick to immerse himself in Earth culture, and was happy to share his choice of rockin' tunes with anyone, whether they really wanted to hear them or not—a trait that got him in trouble as often as it saved him and his Autobot allies. Developing a rivalry with his Decepticon opposite number, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], Blaster gained a cassette army of his own so he could fight Soundwave on equal footing, and he and little buddies were instrumental in ensuring reinforcements arrived in time to save [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] when it was besieged in [[2005]]. Following this, Blaster was assigned command of the city, where his jive-talking jingles and jams saw the Autobots through crises like the attack of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Blaster's duties also took him to a variety of battlefields that were stranger than many other Transformers would experience, including millions of years into the past, into another dimension ruled by magic, and—a particular favorite of his—the musical planet of [[Eurythma]].

In some timelines which spin off from this one, Blaster joined the [[Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program]] under the new name '''Broadblast''' (ブロードブラスト ''Burōdoburasuto''), and after perishing in a one-on-one battle with Soundwave, was reconstructed by the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] as '''Twincast''' (ツインキャスト ''Tsuinkyasuto'').
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:BlasterUS17.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|More than likely, he'll kill you. Yeah, [[you]]. You know who you are.]]
Blaster was a rather grim, brooding, rebellious, badass who hated Decepticons with a passion, whose reputation as one of the best fighters the [[Autobot]]s had was blemished by his vocal problems with authority figures. Part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|Autobot resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he often disagreed with his superior's orders, especially after his friend [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] failed to make a rendezvous with him in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]], and Blaster wanted to hunt for him. Although his fellow freedom fighters rallied behind him at first, the discovery that Scrounge had been taken to the Decepticon stronghold in [[Polyhex]] changed their minds, and Blaster went in alone. Captured by the forces of [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]], Blaster was sentenced to the [[smelting pool]], where he discovered the half-melted Scrounge, who clung to life just long enough to pass on to Blaster the data he had obtained, so that this death would not be in vain. Blaster was then saved from the pit by his comrades, and he claimed revenge for Scrounge by ripping out the pipes that fed the pool and blasting their Decepticon pursuers with molten slag.

[[File:MarvelUS18 blaster cyb altmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.3|And you thought the 1980s cellphones were huge.]]
Scrounge's information brought new hope to the Autobot resistance, as it revealed that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] were still alive and well after four million years, fighting on a planet called Earth. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} The Decepticons set about building a [[space bridge]] to this planet, and Blaster spied on the tests in his [[alternate mode]], gathering the information they needed to launch an attack. After planting [[fission bomb]]s on the bridge, Blaster personally battled Straxus, tricking the Decepticon leader into damaging the portal before kicking him through it and apparently destroying him. Blaster and the rest of his Autobot allies were trapped on the Earth side of the bridge as it faded out. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} Though [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and his troops spotted the Autobots upon their materialization on Earth, the Decepticons were distracted by a more pressing mission at the time, and left without attacking the new arrivals. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

Blaster and his men were attacked by the government anti-robot task force [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] and its super-powered agent [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] almost immediately upon arrival; unfamiliar with Earth customs, Blaster's group first tried to communicate with RAAT's vehicles, leaving the humans an opening to blindside the Autobots with "electric snow" missiles. Circuit Breaker then delivered a powerful electric blast, short-circuiting the group. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Blaster and the others were disassembled, with their heads getting mounted on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} To deal with the threat of the [[Battlecharger]]s, Blaster and the Autobots agreed to allow Circuit Breaker to jury-rig their bodies together into a giant exo-suit she would use to take the two Decepticons down, in exchange for their being rebuilt and released. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:FallenAngel blaster sonics galvatron.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Yeah, that's real good, Blaster, you keep doing that.]]
''Blaster's team followed their fellow RAAT captive [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] back to the Ark, but along the way, their guide vanished, displaced to [[Limbo]] by the appearance of the future Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Unwisely deciding to engage the Decepticon, Blaster tried hitting him with a blast of sonics, which sundered Galvatron's tenuous hold on sanity and only made him even more dangerous. Fortunately, the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] saved him, and he decided to try the tactic again while Galvatron was distracted. It ''almost'' worked this time, but Galvatron hurled a discarded [[sword]] in Blaster's direction, and he was only rescued from impalement by [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]. Blaster was soon knocked unconscious, and didn't witness Galvatron being driven off by the present-day Decepticons.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} ''Blaster's team continued on their way to the Ark, and arrived just as the Autobots were preparing to hold a funeral for Optimus Prime. Blaster quietly questioned their decision to bury Prime rather than fire his body into space, but it proved a moot point when the Autobot leader turned out to not actually be dead, returning in the midst of the ceremony.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:JoeandTF4 blaster omega and the rest.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Turn down that blasted music! THIS I COMMAND!!!]]
When Optimus Prime died for real soon after, Blaster got on the comm to pass the grim news on to [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], ordering him to break off his present engagement with the anti-terrorist team [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and return to the Ark. {{storylink|Power Struggle}} After watching as [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] tried and failed to rebuild the Autobot leader, Blaster attended Prime's funeral, where his body was sent into space on a funeral bier. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Blaster gave a speech to mark Prime's passing, {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} then returned to the Ark with the Autobots, only to be attacked by the ship's own defense systems, co-opted by the human criminal, the [[Mechanic]]. Perceptor had to stop Blaster from damaging the ship until the situation could be brought under control. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} No sooner had ''that'' been dealt with than Blaster detected a fleet of human aircraft heading for the Ark, which the Autobots proceeded to intercept on the assumption of hostile intent. After a brief battle, the human revealed themselves to agents of [[Cobra]], who requested the Autobots' help in stopping the Decepticons from destroying the planet using [[Power Station Alpha]]. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} Suspecting the highly advanced Alpha could potentially be a sentient technological lifeform, Blaster opposed destroying it outright, and remained at the Ark to co-ordinate a combined Autobot/G.I. Joe/Cobra attack on the Decepticons to free Alpha from their control. The Joes and Cobra surreptitiously had Alpha destroyed to remove its threat, infuriating Blaster and leading him to wonder if ''any'' humans could be trusted. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

[[File:MarvelUS28 blaster cops.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Blaster's about to lay down some sick beats!]]
Turning to the matter of finding a new leader of the Autobots, Blaster and several other high-ranking Autobots were in the process of a holding a vote when the massive Decepticon battle station Trypticon attacked, and Blaster was shot down when he attempted to rush the giant. Dinobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] proceeded to secure victory over Trypticon, convincing Blaster and the other Autobots to appoint him the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} Unfortunately, Grimlock soon gave Blaster cause to regret his decision with increasingly hostile leadership methods and a callous disregard for human safety. Paired with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], whose more naturally upbeat personality provided the Boy Wonder to his [[Batman]], Blaster was charged with locating the Mechanic, but disobeyed orders and entered into alliance with some local human law enforcement to prevent the officers from being killed by the advanced Cybertronian weapons the criminal had stolen from the Ark. Playing the fool, Detective [[Greco]] carried Blaster into the Mechanic's hideout in tape-deck mode, where the Autobot used his electro scrambler to disable all the villain's weapons. Alas, the Mechanic escaped, and, realizing that Grimlock would not tolerate the news of their failure and their human alliances, Blaster and Goldbug elected to go AWOL. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}}

[[File:MarvelUS30 blaster and goldbug.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"MY PARTNERS ARE DEEEEAD!"]]
Rather than lay low, Blaster and Goldbug decided to take their fight to the Decepticons, and quickly tracked down the Autobots' human ally [[G.B. Blackrock]] in hope that he could provide them with both fuel and some hot tips on current 'Con activity. Following Blackrock's info, the two Autobots found a crashed Decepticon ship, and befriended the scientist [[Charlie Fong]] in order to bypass the military blocked surrounding it. Upon approaching the crash-site, they ran afoul of the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s. As Blaster took on all three of the villains at once, he discovered they were ravaged with [[Scraplet]]s, which soon infected him as well. Goldbug withdrew to seek a cure, but Blaster believed he had left him to die and swore vengeance against the little 'bot. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} Hooking up with the [[Throttlebot]]s and human scientist [[Charlie Fong]], Goldbug discovered that water could destroy the Scraplets, and surprised Blaster by returning to save him. Blaster refused to allow himself to be cured if it meant that the Decepticons would live as well, but when the Scraplets merged into a giant, Goldbug had no choice, and sprayed them all. A cured but furious Blaster smashed the water tank over the Scraplet-monster, killing it, then calmed down enough to apologize to Goldbug for doubting him. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:MarvelUS32 blaster arrested.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Check it out, Blaster, we all got [[Nerf]] guns for Christmas!]]
''Taking some time out of their life on the road to watch human television, Blaster, Goldbug and the Throttlebots happened upon a news report about the discovery of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and Galvatron, entombed in lava within the volcano, [[Mount Verona]]. Discovering that Soundwave and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were going to blow up the mountain to destroy them both, Blaster used his sonic powers to block Soundwave's detonation signal, preventing the bombs the Combaticons placed from going off.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}} Once they had evaded the pursuing Combaticons, Blaster and company found themselves in a scuffle with RAAT in [[California]], and hid out in [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve Ludwig]]'s used car lot. Unfortunately, their battle made the evening news and finally alerted Grimlock to their AWOL status, prompting him to brand them traitors and send the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to hunt them down. The car lot quickly turned into a three-way battleground between the Combaticons, Protectobots and RAAT, and despite Blaster's help in the battle, the Protectobots surrounded and apprehended him at the fight's end. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"BLASTER, BE OUR LEADER, PLEAAAASE???"]]
Trapped in tape deck mode by a [[mode lock]], Blaster was helpless to aid the Protectobots when the Combaticons returned. Groove sped off and stashed Blaster away in a drainage pipe for retrieval after the battle's end, where he latter was found by four [[Spacehikers|human children]]. It took some convincing, but Blaster eventually talked the younglings to remove his mode lock. Despite once more being able to transform, Blaster was still no match for [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], who had managed to fell Defensor in the meantime. Blaster was forced to rely on the children to put on a good show, and "proved" he was no longer loyal to the Autobots by making the Decepticon believe he shot one of them dead. The dimwitted colossus fooled, Blaster circled around him and collapsed an electrical tower onto Bruticus, knocking him offline. Realizing that Blaster was far nobler than Grimlock, [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] allowed him to go free upon his recovery. In turn, Blaster rewarded the children for their help by taking them on a trip into space aboard the mode-locked [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. Unfortunately, they were accosted in mid-flight by the now-airborne Ark. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} The humans tossed Blaster out an airlock so he could avoid capture by Grimlock's forces. While Grimlock was occupied trying to stop [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] from interfering in his attempted execution of the kids, Blaster rode a telecommunications satellite back to the Ark, where he his fellow Autobots, all sick of Grimlock's leadership, begged him to take over as leader. However, he was forced to surrender to his former commander in order to secure the kids' safety. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[File:MarvelUS41 blaster vs grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
Imprisoned by Grimlock, Blaster was strapped to a [[variable voltage harness]] for some time as punishment for his desertion and disobedience. When [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots arrived and Grimlock challenged him to a duel, Goldbug talked Blaster into taking the injured Fortress Maximus's place to get even with Grimlock once and for all. They proceeded to battle on the surface of Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], but their duel was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, and Blaster pointed out that their feud had put all Autobots in danger. Grimlock agreed to call their duel a draw and declared a truce with Blaster as they fended off the Decepticons side by side. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:ClubCon-ptoo.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9]]
With Optimus Prime's subsequent return both to life and to command of the Autobots, the faction's in-fighting issues ceased and more important matters could be dealt with—namely, rescuing their human ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from the Decepticons' baffling new [[Club Con|desert island resort]]. Tasked with investigating, Blaster was loaded into a [[Egg transport|capsule]] in tape deck mode and dropped from the orbiting Ark into the Witwicky family garden, where he asked Buster's girlfriend [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] to sneak him into "Club Con". The pair were able to steal a pair of captive Autobot cassettes—[[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]—from the Decepticons, but this aroused the ire of the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], and Blaster, unable to battle them effectively due to the human holidaymakers occupying the island, was forced to ditch the tapes in the ocean to break off the fight. Although forced to withdraw without Buster, Blaster and Jessie ''had'' learned something important: the tapes held data on a mysterious Cybertronian object heading for Earth. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''The eruption of the "Time Wars" briefly tabled this mystery, but Blaster had no real role in that conflict, as he, Optimus Prime, and several other Autobots were temporarily displaced into Limbo to make room for a team of Autobots arriving from the future.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:MarvelUS50 blaster dies.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb]]
A search of the waters where "Club Con" used to be proved fruitless, as the Decepticons quickly moved on after Blaster's incursion. Blaster berated himself for his "incompetence," which allowed the Decepticons to slip beyond their reach once more, though Optimus assured him they would track down their enemies in due course. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Soon after, the Autobots were drawn to the Arctic, where a Decepticon ambush awaited them. The warring factions struck a temporary truce when they learned that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] had orchestrated the confrontation in order to distract everyone else from his own goals. The approaching object Blaster had learned about earlier, revealed to be the Cybertronian database known as the [[Underbase]], would endow Starscream with godlike powers were he to absorb all of its cosmic energies. Though the Autobot/Decepticon alliance interrupted Starscream's absorption of the Underbase's power, the portion he did manage to take into himself was enough to grant him near-invincibility. Blaster joined [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] in co-ordinating a battalion of Autobots and Decepticons in defense of [[New York City]] against Starscream's worldwide rampage, and was the last to fall, shot dead atop the Brooklyn Bridge, like all those who attempted to stand against the cosmically powered villain. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[File:Marvel77-Blaster.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|He used to be badass, now he's just a poor man's Perceptor...]]
Blaster's body was put into storage on the Ark, defying all of Ratchet's attempts to repair it, {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} to the extent that the medic started to have nightmares about him and various other deactivated Autobots reviving as [[zombie]]s to kill him for his failures. Ratchet's nightmares came true for a short while, when the Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] managed to infiltrate the Ark and took control of the damaged Autobots' bodies to torment him. When this failed to make Ratchet snap completely, the Decepticons' plan was abandoned and Blaster was shut down once more. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}}

A few years later, Grimlock succeeded where Ratchet had failed by using the miracle fuel [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] to revive the damaged Autobots, with Blaster being one of the first back on his feet. Arriving on Cybertron in the nick of time aboard the Ark, Blaster took part in and survived the battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had Blaster run a check on the strange seismic activity Cybertron was suffering from, {{storylink|Still Life!}} with disastrous results: It turned out Cybertron was tearing itself apart without the binding life-force of [[Primus]] to sustain it. A meeting was called, with Blaster sharing the news to all present. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

[[File:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|thumb|Guess how many of these guys had Action Master toys on the shelves when this came out.]]
The Decepticons fled Cybertron, leaving the Autobots to die with their homeworld. Blaster found Prowl wandering about outside, and cautioned his fellow Autobot to take shelter, as Cybertron's gradual self-destruction made the outdoors dangerous. His warning was met with laughter; Prowl had given up on living altogether, seeing no escape from the planet's death-throes. The pair were then surprised by Grimlock, who had foreseen the Decepticons' treachery and secured alternate transportation! {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} The Autobots followed the Decepticons to the planet [[Klo]], only to be caught in an ambush upon arrival. Only five stragglers managed to escape this surprise attack: Blaster, Grimlock, Kup, Slag, and Prowl. Despite their best attempts to lose their pursuers, the Autobots found themselves hounded by a hunting party. Blaster took a blast in the shoulder from [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], but persevered nonetheless. His group miraculously defeated the hunting party, and doubled back for a final stand against Bludgeon's forces. Upon arrival, they found a resurrected Optimus Prime already turning the tide of battle thanks to a new ally, the [[Last Autobot]]. Blaster was last seen shooting the head off [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] as the Decepticons were driven off into exile. [[Krunk|Uh oh.]] {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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[[File:Ultra magnus blaster big broadcast of 2006.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
In an alternate version of [[2006]], Blaster went with a group of Autobots to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to investigate strange happenings there. When they arrived, they discovered a chaotic scene where aliens from many worlds, including the Decepticons, were all engaged in a deadly battle with one another. Blaster detected a signal he suspected was hypnotizing all the combatants into this aggressive behavior. He and Ultra Magnus came up with a plan where [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] would fly Blaster into the air, while Blaster would broadcast soothing music. The plan succeeded in calming all those affected by the signal. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:SpacePirates blaster strung up.jpg|thumb|left|Help! He's touching my special area!]]
In the future of [[2008]], Blaster was present at Autobot City when the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident Attack Craft|Trident]] ships attacked. He attempted to transform Autobot City himself, but was stopped cold by General [[Ghyrik]]. He was deactivated in the battle that followed and his body strung up on the outer parapets as a warning to any Autobots who came to liberate the city. Although Blaster was inactive, his cassettes were not, and this fact gave [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] an edge when they began battling their way through the Quintesson occupants. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

Blaster was seen briefly in [[2009]] at the start of the Time Wars, but did not end up joining Rodimus Prime on his mission into the past (see above). {{storylink|Time Wars}} After Galvatron was destroyed back in [[1989]] and the time line rebooted itself, Blaster was still among the Autobots stationed at Autobot City. He responded to [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]]'s emergency signal when the Autobots crash landed on Earth after a crazed Rodimus Prime turned against them. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} Upon his arrival however, Kup urged the other Autobots to hold their fire; he had deduced that it was Unicron acting through Rodimus, as the dark god had been imprisoned within the Matrix at a pervious date. Blaster and the other reinforcements stood back as Kup managed to rip the sacred talisman out of Rodimus's chest, severing Unicron's connection to him. {{storylink|White Fire}}
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=====Letters page=====
[[File:TFUK300 letterspage.jpg|left|upright=0.8|thumb|FAKE NU(cleon)S]]
The relaxed and jovial Blaster of "yet another alternate future" was turned into an [[Action Master]] and somehow arrived on 1990s Earth, where he took a job answering letters for Marvel UK. {{storylink|Rhythms_of_Darkness!|#300's Darn 'n' Blast}} He had to recuperate in an acclimatisation unit as a result and a nameless human at the Marvel offices took it upon themselves to answer a letter about being an Action Master, copying [[Nucleon (substance)#Toy packaging blurb|the back of a toy box]] and claiming that was the origin of [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]]. Don't trust it, kids! The ''real'' answer comes from an upcoming story, kids! {{storylink|The Human Factor!|#303's Darn 'n' Blast}}{{storylink|Rhythms_of_Darkness!|#300's Darn 'n' Blast}}

When Dreadwind refused to accept he'd been replaced as letters host and barricaded his office, Blaster, new host of ''Darn 'n' Blast'', took up a temporary office next door. Dreadwind kept banging on the wall to distract him. {{storylink|Rhythms_of_Darkness!|#300's Transformation}} The kids of 1990 Britain duly wrote to Blaster with rap and cool lingo, dude. {{storylink|Rhythms_of_Darkness!|#300's Darn 'n' Blast}}

Unlike Grimlock, he felt guilty about using the [[variable voltage harness]] to punish Marvel UK staff for bad work. Following a suggestion by a sadistic fan, he instead began tormenting people with hours of {{w|The Church (band)|''The Church}} and {{w|Cliff Richard}}. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm|#308 Darn 'n' Blast It}}

During Blaster's run we learned he had a brother named [[Toaster]]{{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!|#310's letters page}} and a sister called [[Karmen]] {{storylink|Out of Time!|#316's letters page}}, and about sports like the [[Iacon 5000]] and [[Mecha-soccer|Cybertron's football divisions]] (Primus League and Premier League). His team are the non-league no-hopers [[Throttlebot]] Wanderers {{storylink|Out of Time!|#316's letters page}} and he lamented how badly they'd been fouled by Combaticon Hove Albion, ruining their chances of a cup win. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!|#320's letters page}}

He was unable to make a reader's birthday party due to the battle against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Exodus!|#326's letters page}}

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=====''Combat Colin''=====
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After [[Colin Doobrey-Smiff|Colin]] managed to defeat all of his recurring villains at once, he grew a bit too big for his boots and announced that he was going to boot out the [[Transformer]]s and take over the rest of the comic. Overhearing this, Blaster was forced to remind him of his place as a back-up strip character. {{storylink|Combat Colin issue 300}}
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=====Another Time & Place=====
[[File:Another Time Place Fangry.jpg|thumb|left|That's his hand on the left!]]
Blaster was part of the rescue unit who infiltrated [[Hydrus Four]] to defeat the Decepticons and rescue the Dinobots. He personally helped disarm and defeat [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Blaster and the Autobots defended the launch of a new space flight by human scientists. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 14|Transformers in Action: The Countdown to a New Space Age!}}
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====''Classics''====
[[File:Invasion-Radcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Blaster's happy? This can't be the Marvelverse.]]
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Decades later in [[2012]], Blaster was stationed with several other Autobots in [[Canada]] within the ''[[Ark II]]''. He was present one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

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Blaster and his partners [[Stripes]], [[Tigatron]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Sundor]], and [[Blockrock]] subsequently teamed up with negative polarity [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 12|Recordicons #12}}

Some time later on negative Cybertron, Blaster and [[Straxus (SG)|Straxus]] compared notes on their mirror universes, such as [[Straxus (G1)|the evil Straxus]]. {{storylink|Falling into Place}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Sometime around [[2007]], Blaster was amongst those Transformers suffering ill effects from the infusion of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] into their systems. It had apparently made him hyper-sensitive to noise and he was kept at the [[Nursery (Cybertron)|Nursery]]. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} He, along with [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] were eventually given new Nucleon-free bodies at the [[Garage]]. Going against [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]]'s orders that they should not get involved in the growing conflict with [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons, Blaster began monitoring the old Decepticon comm-line subfrequencies and discovered that Soundwave was indeed responsible for keeping Cybertron's population aggressive through an irritant subsonic signal. Alerted to Blaster's hacking, Soundwave dispatched [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], [[Snarler]], and [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]—the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]—to eliminate him, but the four former Nucleon patients used some quick thinking to subdue the Decepticons and report the signal to Autobot command. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

[[File:Blaster soundwave destiny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|''Only one will survive. Beatle-based pop vs. New Romantic, History will decide.'']]
As the Decepticon invasion/uprising under Soundwave and Bludgeon began, Blaster tracked down Soundwave on the battlefield for a "battle of the bands". {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} Soundwave attempted to defeat Blaster with finesse, using a variety of sonic tricks and frequencies to disorient his Autobot counterpart. To win, Blaster abandoned skill for brute force, and unleashed a sonic onslaught that overwhelmed Soundwave and brought him to his end. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Blaster reintegrated into the Autobot forces, joining the bridge crew of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s command vessel ''[[Priam]]'' during the attack on the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. Unfortunately, the superior numbers and firepower of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his Cybertronians forced the Autobots to surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} They escaped captivity thanks to the ever-insubordinate [[Wreckers]] staging their own attack on the Hub, and Blaster joined the crew as they made their way back to Cybertron to face an even greater menace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} The [[Dark Matrix|Anti-Matrix]] had consumed the population of Cybertron, transforming them into [[shadow-leech]]es. Blaster and the remaining Autobots forces secured the [[space bridge]] network to Earth and [[Nebulos]] while Rodimus Prime confronted the creature in [[Zero Space]], bringing an end to its machinations. On Nebulos, Blaster joined [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s troops in finishing off [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] once and for all. With their link to the [[multiverse]] and [[Primus]] himself permanently cut off, Blaster and the other remaining Transformers abandoned Cybertron, eventually growing old and dying. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Blaster and the Autobots protected the humans from a revenge attack by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons.{{storylink|Galvatron Attacks}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
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Blaster received a message from Decepticon headquarters and conveyed it to Optimus Prime; the Decepticons had taken [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] hostage, and were demanding the Autobots' surrender. The Autobots sent out a party to rescue their captured comrade, but the attempt failed. Afterwards, Blaster once more relayed a message from Megatron to Optimus; the Decepticon leader threatened to destroy all four captured Autobots and rebuild them into Decepticons if Optimus did not surrender before morning. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Attack of the Insecticons===
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Blaster was witness to Ironhide testing the Sun-Pak, a device of Sparkplug's invention that would solve the Autobot's energy problems. When the Decepticons discovered of the device's existence, many possible adventures ensued. Most notably, after a failed attempt on Optimus's part to eliminate Starscream, who was leading the Decepticon's raid, Sparkplug is kidnapped by the Decepticons and Blaster is entrusted alongside Bumblebee and Buster with Sparkplug's rescue, while the rest of the Autobots are forced back to base in order to recharge. The trio is instructed to contact Autobot headquarters as soon as they come to know the Decepticons' location. Blaster was the one who managed to track down Starscream and Sparkplug, using his abilities to detect one of Starscream's transmissions. Blaster traces the transmission to a museum in the suburbs, and he and Buster sneak into the building while Blaster is camouflaged in tape-player mode. Hiding in one of the museum's planes until after-hours, at which point Starscream and Bombshell reveal they will use a Cerebro-shell to make Sparkplug compliant to their wills, Blaster and Buster debate whether to contact Megatron, and offer a recording made by Blaster earlier proving that Starscream is a Decepticon traitor in exchange for Sparkplug's release, or to fetch Bumblebee and take on the Decepticons personally.

If it is decided to try and parlay with Megatron, omitting any mention of the Sun-Pak in their story, Megatron appears attentive at first, but demands that the Autobots fulfill their half of the trade before he takes action. If Blaster and Buster accept, Megatron arrives at the museum, and forces Starscream back to Decepticon base to be reprogrammed after releasing Sparkplug. If they insist to have Megatron release Sparkplug from Decepticon custody first, Blaster and Buster are powerless to stop Sparkplug from becoming a mind-controlled slave.

If Blaster and Buster decide to fetch Bumblebee, the trio quickly formulate a plan to rescue Sparkplug. Using his Electro-Scramblers at a key moment, Blaster causes Starscream to be the recipient of the Cerebro-Shell instead of Sparkplug, and then convinces the now easily influenced Decepticon to release Sparkplug and hold back Bombshell while Sparkplug, Buster, Blaster and Bumblebee happily ride back to Autobot headquarters.
{{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Blaster was among the Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who launched in the [[Ark (G1)|ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt. When the Decepticons attacked the ship, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sent it crashing into [[Earth]], knocking everyone aboard offline. Four million years later, they were repaired when the ship's systems were reactivated by a volcanic eruption. {{storylink|The Transformers (Milton Bradley comic)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:WarAgainstDestructions blaster plays.jpg|thumb|left|That's right kids, this is what 3D used to look like.]]
When Hot Rod and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] returned from [[Tau-Ursa]] with a strange recording, Blaster was able to play it. The recording revealed the existence of the [[Destructon]]s, [[Logicon]]s, and the location of [[Metascan Alpha]], the Logicons' storehouse of [[Energon]]. At Optimus Prime's command, Blaster contacted Ultra Magnus at Metroplex on Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
Blaster took orders from Optimus Prime as the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' launched. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Steeljaw was in the bathroom.]]
Around 6.5 million years ago, Blaster was one of the high-ranking Autobots who helped Ultra Magnus reunify their fractured faction at the end of the [[Dark Ages]], suggesting that he may have been in charge of one of the various splinter groups that formed during those troubled times. Over the next half-a-million years, the reunited Autobots worked to usher in a new Golden Age, and were finally poised to sign a peace treaty with the Decepticons and [[Ultracon]]s until the long-missing Megatron returned to Cybertron, launching an attack in the middle of the treaty ceremony with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} With this new army, Megatron ushered in an [[Age of Internment]], capturing nearly the entire Autobot army and putting them to work as slaves, extracting the very core of Cybertron itself. Blaster managed to evade capture, however, and together with Perceptor, assembled a small rebel cell hiding out in the subterranean chambers of [[Iacon Command]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

Seeking to capture one of Megatron's drones in order to learn more about Megatron's new [[Cloning|clone technology]], Blaster oversaw his unit on the mission from a distance, using his abilities to jam any emergency transmissions while [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and several other Autobots engaged the drone in battle long enough to attach an inhibitor claw, immobilizing it. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}

Blaster and his team used an ancient map of Cybertron's depths to infiltrate Megatron's slave camp, only for them to be discovered by Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} Blaster battled Megatron one-on-one, managing to use his sonic powers to briefly gain the upper hand, before losing a leg to the Decepticon leader. The sudden return of Grimlock, believed to have died during Megatron's first attack, gave the wounded Blaster the chance he needed to free the Autobot prisoners by deactivating their [[inhibitor claw]]s. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} Blaster was badly damaged, losing a leg in his fight against Megatron. Perceptor, meanwhile, used the data gleaned from studying the captured drone to deactivate the neural network linking the entire squadron, ending the Age of Internment. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

Blaster remained on Cybertron when the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' left four million years ago, and eventually entered stasis along with the rest of the planet when it finally ran out of energy during the [[Great Shutdown]]. The planet was reawakened by Shockwave in roughly the Earth year 1000 BC, and the Autobots and Decepticons put aside their differences to begin rebuilding their world. [[File:PassiveAggression Blaster lovesEarth.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb]] Suspecting that Shockwave had more sinister motives, Blaster was one of the first Autobots to join an underground resistance movement against him, using his communications skills to discover a subliminal code being pumped through the public address screens around the planet that was aggravating the violent tendencies of the entire population. Despite his feelings for Shockwave, Blaster still developed a strong taste for information from the Earth culture Shockwave was introducing to Cybertron, and even modified his alternate mode into an Earthly boom box. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

In the year [[2003]], when Shockwave's forces brought Optimus Prime and the crew of the Ark back to Cybertron to be tried as war criminals, double agents inside the United Cybertronian force delivered Prime and his crew to Blaster and the others at their headquarters in the [[Wastelands]]. With the help of Cybertron's greatest hero, the resistance movement began an open insurrection against Shockwave's loyal Decepticon forces and the [[Guardian robot]]s under his control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shockwave's regime fell, and the Autobots resumed command of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:DividedFront1 bots found.jpg|thumb|Comfortable?]]
In the year [[1985]], Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] hastily took off for [[Earth]] in an starship poorly-suited for interstellar travel. Upon arrival, they unsurprisingly crashed, landing in the forests of [[Oregon]] near [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Their deactivated bodies were found by the forces of [[Cobra]] and bundled up to be airlifted out, but a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] soon intervened. [[Blowtorch]] knocked the chopper carrying their bodies out of the air with his flamethrower, and [[Barbecue]] extinguished the flames before the two Autobots could be consumed by the blaze. Blaster and Perceptor's bodies were then taken back to G.I. Joe headquarters. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}
{{note|Dreamwave's bankruptcy meant this story was never finished.}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:HeartsofSteel blaster.jpg|left|thumb|No, no, don't get up.]]
Blaster and his fellow Autobots fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Blaster was not seen getting involved. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}

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===''The Beast Within''===
Blaster participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, already laying defeated on the battleground during the conflict's early stages.{{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Stormbringer'' #1]]}}

Blaster was [[Reproduction#2005 IDW continuity|constructed cold]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Before the war, he was a reporter for the [[Iaconian Newsfeed Service]], and reported live from the [[Nova Plaza]] after an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]]. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory #2}} He took a brief respite from reporting to work for security control for Sentinel Prime's government. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

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When the [[Decepticon]] dictatorship of Cybertron began, Blaster used his bad experiences with state-censored media to set up the [[Nexis]], a pirate news broadcast that dared speak the truth about the new government. [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] attempted to assassinate him, but were defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] who asked for Blaster's help to hack the Iaconian Newsfeed Service's headquarters and send a rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} After his efforts had led to the Decepticons being overthrown and replaced with Optimus Prime's Autobot government, Blaster went back to legal news broadcasting. From the Nexis, he reported on the disastrous explosion of the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]] and interviewed [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] about the [[Exodus (event)|mass exodus]] triggered by its destruction. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}} During the exodus he interviewed some of the disgruntled Cybertronians stranded at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], annoying [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s Autobots who thought the media attention just served to make things worse. {{storylink|Massacre}}

[[File:SpotlightBlaster the voice.jpg|upright=1.9|thumb|right|''I'm gonna bust into your head through your cute lil' ears'' ''and blow your minds with my sexy voice and out-of-sight sounds!'']]
In the wake of the exodus and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s rampage in [[Harmonex]], Blaster reported that the [[Conclave of Representatives]] was refusing to disclose how many Cybertronians had left the planet and that Harmonex had been closed off, calling the government's intentions into question once more. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}}

With the war going into full swing, Blaster joined Optimus Prime's Autobots, and initially served as a soldier who was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots halted a major Decepticon energon convoy four million years ago. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} Eventually, however, he returned to his broadcasting roots and became a patriotic radio personality, broadcasting propaganda across the galaxy to rally the Autobot forces as they struggled on the war's many battlefronts. Known as "The Voice" for his widespread positive influence, Blaster became the target of a Decepticon assassination attempt, this time to prevent him from making an important broadcast on the eve of a major Autobot offensive. Although the assassin failed, Blaster's wounded body was ejected into space, and he was believed dead by his faction.

[[File:SpotlightBlaster altmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Blaster used to transform into a kaboombox.]]
Some time later, Blaster was found by a passing [[Yar|trawler]] and delivered home, where it was revealed that he had to have been attacked by an Autobot. In an effort to flush the traitor out, Blaster went back on the air. The attempt worked, and his would-be killer was revealed: [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], forced into the act by a mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]] implanted by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] at the direction of [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. However, he was able to resist when Blaster used his greatest weapon: his voice. As a damaged Beachcomber was brought in for repairs, Blaster swore he'd find Soundwave and that the last thing he'd ever hear would be... the Voice. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[File:AHM15 blaster and kup.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|I dunno... sex appeal?]]
In the year that followed the defeat of [[Nova Prime]], Blaster was among the Autobots captured by the Decepticon [[Turmoil]], but was soon rescued by a team led by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]. All the other prisoners were members of the [[Wreckers]], suggesting Blaster may have joined the team at some point. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}} Blaster remained with Kup's team, and was serving as the communications officer for his ship, the ''[[Trion]]'', when a simultaneous galaxy-wide uprising was staged by the Decepticons. Distress signals came pouring in, but all went silent in short order, save for one from [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]], so the crew of the ''Trion'' went to save the turbo-revvin' young punk from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. The day was saved by [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], although Blaster disapproved of the scientist's transformation into a warrior, saying he had "defiled himself". {{storylink|Lost & Found}}

Blaster and the others harried the Decepticon fleet until they were baited into an ambush above Cybertron. There, the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} Blaster mingled with the other Autobots for a while, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} before warning Kup about an incoming [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]] attack that forced them to relocate. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

[[File:AHM9 blaster breaks up argument.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.0|...kiss, damn it, my fanfic needs justification!]]
With morale still dwindling, Blaster attempted to put his famous voice to work by trying to break up a fight between Hot Rod and [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] by injecting some reason, but was interrupted by [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] telling them they all deserved to die. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} The Autobots were eventually saved when [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] decimated the swarm and carried them all to Earth, where they attacked Megatron and his troops. Blaster was ordered to block the Decepticons' communications, allowing the arrival of Omega Supreme to take them completely by surprise. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} He survived the great battle. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

Blaster remained on Earth with the other Autobots for the next three years, as they regathered their forces. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] radioed in to Blaster when Prowl got himself nabbed by [[Skywatch]], an event which led to the death of [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and the resignation of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} Autobot leadership was split between Bumblebee and Hot Rod, and Blaster stayed with Bumblebee's group, which went on to form an alliance with [[Gordon Horiuchi]] of Skywatch. Blaster was among the Autobots who captured [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and other Decepticons for their new allies. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Unfortunately, Horiuchi betrayed the Autobots and forced them to hunt one of their own kind, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Bumblebee managed to get free from Horiuchi's control, and so Blaster and the others stayed behind to cover for him as he sought a solution for their problems. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} They pretended to be making plans to hunt down Hot Rod while Bumblebee recovered the control tech Skywatch was using to keep them in line. {{storylink|The Gift Horse}} Bumblebee was successful, and Blaster was later present when Bumblebee unveiled his new, more powerful form, to better serve as Autobot leader. {{storylink|Wings of Wax}}

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Following the end of the war, Blaster was one of the Autobots who joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in search of the mythical [[Knights of Cybertron]] {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} and was one of the first people to use [[Swerve's]], being part of the grand secret opening. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} Much later, when the newly arrived [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] was on a rampage around the ship, Blaster hacked a security camera so the crew could see what he was doing when he holed himself up in [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s office. {{storylink|Interiors}} He was later instructed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to patch him in with Rodimus after the latter and some other crewmembers had been teleported to [[Theophany]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Blaster was among those invited to [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind's]] first attempt to awaken Rung from his coma with a storytelling session, but it didn't go so well thanks to [[Siren (G1)|Siren]]'s volume. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

[[File:UnderColdBlueStars-PipesBlasterWhirl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Swerve needs to go on an Electro-Scrambler Quest.]]
One of Blaster's duties on the ''Lost Light'' was to repair the long-range [[unspace|subspace]] communicator so that the crew could contact Cybertron, and he was annoyed all the while by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] who wanted to be the first to send a message. He thought he fixed it, but the message still couldn't get through as Swerve had the wrong hailing frequency. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} Not that it would have mattered much, as Blaster went on to say that any attempt made with the subspace communicator to reach Cybertron met with failure. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}} Blaster reported to Rodimus when the ''Lost Light'' was contacted by the ''[[Vis Vitalis]]'' and [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. {{storylink|Little Victories}} The subspace communicator still wasn't working properly, but this didn't stop [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] from leaving a message for [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] with Blaster while he was busy clearing a path through an asteroid belt with unwanted help from [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

Following the disappearance of an injured Ultra Magnus, Blaster used security footage to find out where he had gone, eventually leading the ''Lost Light'' to the lost moon [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. Rodimus led a team to its surface, leaving Blaster and Fortress Maximus in charge, but they lost contact with the away team when the ship was attacked by [[Legislator]]s who blocked their transmissions. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}} Blaster took a blast to the chest early in the battle and had to be protected by Maximus, {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ámbus}} and the crew was ultimately overwhelmed by the Legislators. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} To make matters worse, when the insane Chief Justice [[Solomus|Tyrest]] activated his [[universal killswitch]] to eradicate the Transformers who were "constructed cold", Blaster was one of those affected. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

Following the Tyrest crisis, Blaster was one of the dozens of Autobots who helped clean and fix up the [[Swerve's|devastated bar]] so that Swerve could reopen it. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

Blaster was present on bridge when Ultra Magnus made the decision to search for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} The crew tracked the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] to the oceans of [[Hydrophena]] where they were attacked by [[Ammonite]]s, {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} prompting Blaster to participate in the underwater battle. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Upon finding Metroplex, they used his [[space bridge]] to return the ''Lost Light'' to Cybertron, where they were reunited with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} Once the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] plaguing Cybertron was defeated, Blaster celebrated alongside the rest of the population. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He went on to attend the trial of Megatron at [[Raskol Arena]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

[[File:TwentyPlusOne BlasterLostRodimus.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|right]]
Blaster continued to serve aboard the ''Lost Light'' as it departed again under the command of a new captain—a reformed Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Alongside the rest of the crew he evacuated the ship when it began mysteriously dematerializing piece by piece. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Stuck on board the [[Rodpod]] alongside 20 other others, he took a message from Rodimus on the ''[[Leading Light]]'' to rendezvous at [[Ofsted XVII]]. All original crew members then began disappearing one by one as well, Blaster among them. {{storylink|Twenty Plus One}} Fortunately, the new crew managed to reverse the quantum irregularity, and Blaster and the others quickly returned. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

On a quantum-duplicated ''Lost Light'', its version of Blaster was executed along with the rest of the crew, save their Rewind. He was forced to transform into vehicle mode to keep his transformation cog fresh, which was harvested from his body by the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD]]. His corpse was found among a large collection of bodies in a room by [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}}

[[File:HowBrightTheirFrailDeeds-LostLightmutiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|Always [[Totaled!|first in line for mutiny.]]]]
Blaster gathered with most of the crew to hear Rodimus announce their rendezvous with the ''Vis Vitalis'' for the dying Thunderclash's "pre-wake". {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} He later served as DJ for a dance party in Swerve's and accepted a song request from [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}} After a life-size [[holomatter]] projection of Earth appeared to be tailing the ''Lost Light'', Blaster attempted to make radio contact with it, only to hear a "catchy" song being played back to them. {{storylink|The One Where They Go to Earth}} When [[Getaway]] set up his mutiny, Blaster agreed to be part of it. He 'discovered' the source of a signal that would lure Megatron, Rodimus, and their 'loyalists' off the ''Light'', and later stood with Getaway in a broadcast to emphasize how the crew had turned on their captains. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:FillingInTheBlanks GetawayFakeNews.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|right|Do one mutiny, get a second free.]]
During a team meeting regarding the [[Warren]], Blaster interrupted to report a distress signal came in from [[Frayus]], but was stunned when Getaway told him to respond that they couldn't assist. As Getaway and Thunderclash argued, Blaster and his teammates were horrified when a transmission from Rodimus revealed that Getaway had not only abandoned Rodimus's men to the mercies of the [[Galactic Council]], but to the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. With the command structure threatening to breakdown, Getaway had the mnemosurgeon [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] reprogram the memories of Blaster and the rest of the crew. They were coerced into believing that Rodimus and the others left of their own free will, abandoning the rest of the crew to find Cyberutopia faster on their own. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

As the use of the Warren drew the ''Lost Light'' closer to Cyberutopia, Blaster was instructed by Getaway to change their course so that they could make a rendezvous with their new Head of Security. Soon after, Blaster happily reported to Getaway that they had finally arrived at Cyberutopia. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

[[File:ADanceBeforeDying BlasterSparkeater.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|"Hey folks, this is Blaster slaverin' at ya! ''Uhnnn, SPAAAAAAARKSSSSSSSS''..."]]
Everything collapsed, however, when they reached Cyberutopia. The promised land turned out to be a sham, and the ''Lost Light'' came under attack by the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]] and his [[Phantom Fleet]] of [[Worldsweeper]]s. Desperate to save his own skin, Getaway made a deal with the Architect to spare him in exchange for his help against Rodimus, who Getaway swore would try to stop the Grand Architect's plans. To that end, the Architect's ally [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was allowed to subject Blaster and the other Autobots to a [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]] virus, changing them into zombie-like minions with acid vomit, a thirst for sparks, and no will of their own. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}}

When Rodimus and the others ''did'' arrive on Cyberutopia, Blaster was dispatched with the first wave of Sparkeaters along with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], [[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]] and [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] to "greet" their friends. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} Blaster and the Sparkeaters threatened Rodimus and his growing collection of allies as they opposed the Grand Architect's forces. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}} Eventually, First Aid discovered a form of concussive medicine that would transmit a kinetic program code to eliminate the Sparkeater virus. Blaster and the others were incapacitated, but seemingly cured of their infection. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} After Rodimus reclaimed the ''Lost Light'', he had Blaster and his ailing crew brought aboard for Ratchet and First Aid to continue treating as they confronted the Grand Architect. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

After the crisis was over, Blaster joined the rest of the crew for one last "victory lap" aboard the ''Lost Light''. As the crew prepared to quantum jump home, the science team proposed the risky gamble of recreating the malfunctioning launch, thereby quantum duplicating themselves before then shunting the duplicates into a parallel universe to ensure that the Lost Light's adventures would never truly end. Rodimus put the notion to a vote, and the crew agreed to attempt it.

After returning to Cybertron and years in the future, Blaster was one of the attendees at Ratchet's funeral. He led the grieving Hound away after the service had concluded.

Unaware to everyone, in some distant corner of the multiverse, the duplicate ''Lost Light'' with its version of Blaster had successfully materialized. Blaster excitedly reported that the navigation computers had no idea where they were, and everyone got ready to set sail for an infinity of new adventures. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Buster Jones]] (English)}}

{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Blaster Kreon.JPG|thumb]]
Blaster was seemingly escorting [[Lumina Hoshi|Lumina]] at the inauguration of [[Metroplex (G1)|Autobot City]], as he was holding her hand. {{Storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}}

Some time later, when [[Soundwave (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Soundwave]] tried to use his clones to brainwash humans, Blaster arrived alongside [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus]] and [[Jazz (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Jazz]] to stop him. Blaster turned to tape deck mode to help the Autobots in the battle of opposing sounds, and later (in a different blue coloration) played music at the ensuing hanami. {{Storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FormFollowsFunction-Blaster.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Blaster was a freedom fighter on a Decepticon-controlled Cybertron. He was one of the many thorns in Megatron's side that continuously evaded capture.

Enraged that the once great [[Hot Rod (G1)|Imhotep Rodimus]] was one of the many Autobots that had succumbed to Megatron's will, Blaster set out to confront his fellow Autobot at the planet's north pole. There, he berated and blasted Rodimus for his fall from grace. Rodimus retaliated and during the firefight, [[G.I.Rocket]]s began to rain down around them. One of the rockets' blasts caused debris to fall atop of Blaster, knocking him out. Rather than allow his friend to be captured by the Decepticons, Rodimus abandoned his post and hauled Blaster away. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Rodimus brought Blaster to Ratchet for repairs before seizing leadership of the Autobots from [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

During the combined Autobot-Joe attack on the Decepticon army, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] had Blaster deactivate [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s force shield by using his altmode to emit a sonic signal imbued with the shield's codes. Blaster then joined the battle by releasing his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Recordobots]] against [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including his mentor Blaster, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:TPotTM BlasterStripesRewind.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right]]
When the [[Titan Master]]s joined the Autobot-Decepticon war, Blaster was partnered with the Titan Master [[Twin Cast]], the bot with the universe's most advanced cryptographic abilities. {{storylink|Blaster (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|''Titans Return'' Twin Cast/Blaster toy bio}} On the planet [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Blaster, Stripes, and Rewind pursued [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullsmasher]], [[Grax]], and [[Horri-Bull|Rot-Gut]] through the streets. They were ultimately forced to break off when Rot-Gut and Skullsmasher combined, allowing Skullsmasher to deploy a cloud of armor-eating rust and make good their escape. Blaster was later seen fighting off Soundwave's all-out attack on Cybertron. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

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===''Win If You Dare''===
[[File:WinIfYouDare-Blaster.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Blaster was playing music outside the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] returned from a test drive, part of Ratchet's experimental "music therapy" program. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Change In Your Nature Part Five|''Transformers'' #17]]}}

[[File:WarWorldHunt-Blaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Blaster worked with [[Playback (G1)|Playback]] and [[Wavelength (G1)|Wavelength]] at the [[Titan Net]] primary hub in Iacon. When members of [[The Rise]] hacked their network to upload a powerful [[data-bomb]], Blaster and his crew found that the virus left them unable to awaken any of the dormant [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s in Cybertron's orbit, and powerless to prevent the rogue Titan [[Vigilem]] from approaching the [[Winged Moon]]. With no other options, Blaster contacted [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] and her Titan [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], who had only recently returned from beyond Cybertronian space and hadn't yet linked with the Titan Net, and ordered her to stop Vigilem by any means necessary.{{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}

Despite their best efforts, the pair weren't able to stop Vigilem from severing the great [[Tether]] that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron. Blaster and his crew did their best to re-establish a link with the Titans; despite receiving assistance from [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} they weren't able to repair the Titan Net before Megatron staged a coup, overthrew the [[Senate]], and killed [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] inherited the Matrix to become Optimus Prime, Blaster attended his first speech. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings}} Not long afterwards, the triumphant Decepticons moved to seize control of Iacon's infrastructure by planting loyalists in positions of power, and as a result [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], [[Bitstream (G1)|Bitstream]], and [[Sparkstalker]] took control of the Titan Net building and ousted Blaster and his crew. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}}

Blaster followed Optimus Prime and his followers when they abandoned Iacon entirely and decamped to [[Crystal City]]. There, Blaster received a proper [[Autobot]] insignia as part of a ceremony commemorating the rebirth of the Autobot faction. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} However, when the Decepticons turned their sights on Crystal City, Blaster and a number of other scientists and engineers retreated to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. {{storylink|Radical Time}} There, Blaster helped [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] engineer a data-bomb that would disrupt the Insecticon neural network long enough for [[Termagax]] to transmit new instructions to the swarming [[Insecticon clone]]s and call off their rampage. {{storylink|End of Time}}

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===Precursor World===
[[File:GodNeptuneComic1-Twincast.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Video killed the radio star.]]

A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Twincast was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. When the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was slain in the ensuing brawl. Vanguard leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] later loaded the Warrior's lingering [[spark]]s into his [[Golden Noah]] in an attempt to ferry their souls to the [[G1 World|next world]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} Unfortunately, this did not work. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
[[File:GoGo13-Blaster.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]

Blaster was freestyling with the other Autobots when he encountered his old foe [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] came up with the idea of having the equally matched rivals settle their differences through a rap battle, where they eventually admitted their grudging respect for one another. However, the two soon went back to brawling when each accused the other of screwing up their conciliatory high five. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13}}

One evening, Blaster invited Bumblebee to come outside and play, but Bumblebee had too much homework to do. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 14}} Blaster and Eject took part in a snowball fight until Wheeljack's snowball-throwing robot went haywire. Jazz and Blaster provided covering fire so that Bumblebee could close the distance and switch off the machine, and that night the Autobots used the excess snow to construct an igloo where they could relax. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 18}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Go! Go! Extra Volume|Extra Volume}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 39}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 46}}}}

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===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Blaster wielding gun.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Tell my electro-scrambler I love her!"]]
During a battle on Cybertron, Blaster was shot in the chest. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Blaster allowed himself to be found by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in his radio mode. The device caught Rumble's eye, and he decided to bring Blaster back to the Decepticons' headquarters. Soundwave wasn't as easily duped, and recognized Blaster as an Autobot intruder immediately upon seeing him. Blaster then had to contend with fending off [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Blaster|Blaster commercial}}
*When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led a squad of Decepticons on an attack on the Autobots' launch site, Blaster informed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] was off-planet, and so couldn't come to their aid. He stayed behind as Ultra Magnus carried several Autobots into battle to counter-attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus commercial}}
*Blaster, Cosmos, and Perceptor had a dance-off against Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening blaster.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Blaster was among the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. Though Ratchet soon had him fixed up, the Autobots lacked the [[energon]] that he needed to get operational. They had gathered enough by the time the Autobots were preparing to assault the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron to free their enslaved fellows, and Blaster took part in the operation to take out the fortress's main power plants. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Decepticons seemed to be having a run of luck, Blaster and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] found this pattern so suspicious that they teamed up with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to investigate. They eventually uncovered [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s infiltration and sent the Decepticon and his tapes packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations (Legends)|Covert Operations}} Concerned that the Decepticons might be after the technology at a scientific facility, Blaster and his tapes infiltrated the base only to find that Soundwave was already concealed inside and after the tech. {{storylink|Espionage}} Returning from a charity event, Blaster, Windcharger and Cliffjumper received a distress signal from a nearby human military base. Leading the charge, Blaster found a Decepticon raiding party scouring the base for the [[MacGuffin Generator]]. The Autobots fought the Decepticons to a stalemate until the evil robots managed to acquire the device. It proved more volatile than they expected however, and Blaster and his team helped rebuild the base after the Decepticons were blown away by the generator. {{storylink|Raiding Party}}

Blaster was among the Autobots who fought the Decepticons after they joined forces with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:Blaster-Bird.jpg|thumb|300px]]
{{main|Bubbles#As Blaster}}

On an [[AllSpark|Eggspark]]-altered [[Piggy Island]], Blaster found himself fused with [[Bubbles]] of the [[Flock]], turning them into an [[Autobird]] that transforms into a van-like thing. Bubbles-Blaster launches a rapid-fire stream of sonic blasts that pack incredible punch and have a wide "splash damage" range, especially when paired up with his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassette]] partners.

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{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:75%" align="center"
|-
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Accessory'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Body Part'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Rarity'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Cost'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Base Effect'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Notes'''
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|[[Rosanna (AB)|Rosanna]]
|Head
|Epic
|5 Epic Crystals + 60,000 Coins
| +20% Explosive Force
|
|-
|Headphones
|Head
|Uncommon
|5 Uncommon Crystals + 8,000 Coins
| +10% Damage
|
|-
|Baseball Cap
|Head
|Common
|5 Common Crystals + 2,500 Coins
| +10% Vehicle Time
|
|-
|Santa Hat
|Head
|Uncommon
|5 Uncommon Crystals + 8,000 Coins
| +10% Defense
| Holiday Event exclusive
|-
|Festive Deely Bopper
|Head
|Rare
|5 Rare Crystals + 20,000 Coins
| +20% Damage
| Holiday Event exclusive
|-
|Snowman
|Head
|Rare
|5 Rare Crystals + 20,000 Coins
| +20% Damage
| Holiday Event exclusive
|-
|Lion Hat
|Head
|Epic
|5 Epic Crystals + 60,000 Coins
| +16% Defense
|Chinese New Year exclusive
|-
|[[Stripes]]
|Chest
|Epic
|5 Epic Crystals + 60,000 Coins
| +40% Faster Reload
|
|-
|[[Sundor]]
|Arms
|Rare
|5 Rare Crystals + 20,000 Coins
| +20% Damage
|
|}
</center>

[[File:Blaster accessory.jpeg|thumb|200px|But I'm already a [[Bubbles#As Blaster|character]] in the game!]]

Blaster is also an "Accessory" character, giving Autobirds he's attached to an increase to their EMP Rounds (probably due to his groovy, well-tuned personality). This bonus can be increased with level upgrades, won from random-prize Crates or in the "[[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower" mini-game.

He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and [[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

<center>
{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:75%" align="center"
|-
! scope="col" width="15%" | '''Autobird'''
! scope="col" width="8%" | '''Body Part'''
! scope="col" width="10%" | '''Gem Cost'''
! scope="col" width="20%" | '''Base Effect'''
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|-
|[[Red (AB)#As Blurr|Blurr]]
|Arms
|650
| EMP Rounds
|
|-
|}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Among the random Movie quotes a random bot says are: Two can Play! Sic' em! Don't know how much longer we can hold out. We're all going to look like burnt-out toaster ovens.]]
Blaster participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Sonic Clash" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal,100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blaster-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Yo dawg! Let's build this base before the Cons show up!]]

Loud, proud and in-your-face, Blaster has a zest for life and an unquenchable appetite for action.
The louder and more intense it gets, the more it sparks his circuits.
The opposite of sneaky, he prefers to make his presence known, literally assaulting his enemies with sound and fury.
But his special passion is good old fashioned rock 'n' roll, and his ability to monitor multiple frequencies and channels has exposed him to a wide variety of music. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Blaster Bio}}

Blaster was in contact with Ironhide and Jetfire after the latter two and an ally raided a Decepticon outpost. Blaster suggested it would be great if they upgraded the HQ.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

Blaster then helped out in the many other battles that the Autobots participated in.

*'''Class:''': Special (Deployer)
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 stars
*'''Weapons:''' Blaster uses a standard issue Photon blaster used by Jetfire and the Aerobots.
*'''Ability: Deploy Minions:''' Deploy Eject, Rewind, Steeljaw, and Ramhorn to attack targets! All have unique attacks.
**'''Cost''': 3 ability points +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blaster Blaster at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

Blaster is one of two characters that has a unique ending victory pose, in which Blaster has a chance to perform a handstand, and then start break dancing.

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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedToFight-Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Impossible! Our laserfire is only making him '''stronger!'''"]]
In a surprising twist, Blaster isn't a clone of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], instead having his own unique animations and abilities. He fights using buffed-up energy attacks and his cassette allies, and, when awakened, can heal himself when struck with the enemy's ranged laser attacks.
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}}}

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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Blaster was head of Autobot communications and a master of sonic warfare. In his off-time, he was something of a party animal, and this laid-back approach to life has bled back into his career as a soldier. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game|Transformers Roleplaying Game bonus material}}

Blaster and his Mini-Cassettes were deployed to an abandoned railyard in [[Colorado]] to guard a shipment of [[energon cube]]s while [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] drew the attention of the Decepticons. However, their ruse failed; the Decepticons tracked the [[Union Pacific]] train back to its point of origin, and in the ensuing battle [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and his comrades defeated Blaster and stole the energon. {{storylink|The Great Energon Robbery}}

==Toys==
{{main|Blaster (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Blaster (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:MicroChangeRadiCassRobo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*Blaster had the preliminary names of '''Pulse'''<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/index.php?full=1&set_albumName=BotCon_2010_Sat_Panels&id=DSC05237&option=com_gallery&Itemid=4&include=view_photo.php Bob Budiansky's notes at BotCon 2010]</ref> and '''Blastbox'''.<ref>[[Production bible]] of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]</ref>
*Blaster began life as the ''[[Micro Change]]'' "Radi-Casse Robo" ("radio-cassette", you see), which was actually a functional AM radio. Though this feature was gutted from Blaster when he was released as part of the ''Transformers'' toyline, the original toy's power switch (on his right leg), earphone jack (on the back of his left leg) and tuning dial (on his chest) still remain, now as moulded, non-moving details. Even the toy's electro-scrambler gun is designed to serve as storage for the mono earphone which came with the toy, with the plug inserting into the stock, the cord winding around it, and the earphone itself tucking into the hole in the gun's main body. It was not the toy itself which was the radio; rather, the radio was a small "micro-cassette" which plugged into the toy's internal wiring when inserted into its chest, allowing it to play through the speakers in its legs in either mode. As the electronic equipment in the chest meant that the figure could not hold normal ''Micro Change'' cassettes there, it featured a compartment on its back which could hold a single tape instead. This compartment could still be found on some early releases of Blaster, though it was often mistaken by fans as a vestigial battery compartment, which was actually originally located in the toy's right leg.
*Blaster's finalized [[character model]] was apparently not available to artist [[Don Perlin]] when he first drew Blaster in the Marvel Comic. While the final model—used in the Generation 1 cartoon, the UK Marvel comics and ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]''—gives Blaster a set of individual eyes, Perlin's interpretation of the toy reference material he had to work with saw him draw Blaster with a goggled visor. Perlin's visored head design would be used throughout the Marvel run, until the last few issues, when UK artists who had taken over drawing the book rendered Blaster with his finalized model's head. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] rationalized this discrepancy early on in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] of [[Hunters|UK issue #118]] by explaining that Blaster's visor is retractable, and used to shield his especially delicate optical sensors from sunlight. Less explainable was [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]'s color choice for the comic version of Blaster: a red forehead and yellow face, a combination never used on a toy or in the cartoon.
**[[IDW Publishing]] tried for a hybridized look, giving Blaster an odd-looking "moustache" that was promptly discarded from his design after his introductory [[Spotlight: Blaster|''Spotlight'' issue]].
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*In an odd quirk of design, Blaster's character model breaks the row of buttons on his abdomen up into three buttons in [[robot mode]], but four in [[alternate mode]]. It's a product of the way his toy is made: it's got three separate button-chunks, like his robot mode model, but the centre chunk is two buttons sculpted together, so he's actually ''got'' four, like his alternate mode model. This was most evident in the cartoon; in the comic, as you can see from some of the pictures above, they'd often basically draw as many as they felt like.
*Blaster hosted the Marvel UK comic's letters page for the final 33 issues (from [[Rhythms of Darkness!|issue #300]] to [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #332]]), to tie in with his Action Master toy. Here, the letters page was dubbed "Darn 'n' Blast", replacing [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind's]] "Dread Tidings", despite Dreadwind's holing himself up in the Marvel offices. The Decepticon finally left after a visit by three Christmas spirits, [[Ghost of the present|one of whom]] took on the appearance of Blaster. {{storylink|Dreadwind's Xmas!}} Blaster complained that Dreadwind had decorated the office in all purple and orange with a solitary picture of a dog with sad eyes. His characterization in the letters page is more in line with his fun-loving, hip and happening self from the cartoon than the rather grim, brooding, rebellious badass seen in the comics. He arrived on the letters page in advance of his resurrection in the comics itself, which did not occur until [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #321]]. He was explicitly identified as being a non-transformer Action Master, though his partner [[Flight Pack]] did not appear.
*According to Blaster himself on the UK letters page, he has two [[Relatives|siblings]]: [[Toaster]] and [[Karmen]]. And then there's [[Bluster]], his retroactively-created and less-seen brother.
*Since the release of ''Universe'' Blaster, there seems to be an attempt on the part of tech spec writers to balance Marvel's dark and brooding portrayal of Blaster with the rock 'n' roll loving version from the original US cartoon. The ''Universe'' write-up has Blaster organizing resistance cells with Perceptor (with NO mention of his musical interests), recalling the storyline in US comic #17-18. The 2010 San Diego Comic Convention release of the figure not only mentions Blaster's love of music ("Any music, from Cybertronian magna marches to down and dirty [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]] hardcore"), it references "his hatred of the Decepticons", because "the war they started killed the music scene (and most of the musicians) on Cybertron"—combining Blaster's varying personalities from these two continuities into one.
**This also means Blaster is a fan of Bad Brains and Minor Threat. That rules '''so hard.'''

===Foreign names===
====Blaster====
*''Japanese:'' '''Broadcast''' (ブロードキャスト ''Burōdokyasuto''), '''Broadblast''' (ブロードブラスト ''Burōdoburasuto''), '''Blaster''' (ブラスター ''Burasutā'')
*''English:'' '''Billy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Czech:'' '''Reprák''' (Supermax dub, "Speaker")
*''French:'' '''Tempo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Össztűz''' ("Bombardment"), '''Lőmester''' ("Demolitions-Expert", alternate name used occasionally in the Marvel comics)
*''Italian:'' '''Radiorobot''', '''Audiobot''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blaster''' (블래스터 ''Beullaeseuteo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lùyīnjī''' (China, 录音机, "Recorder"), '''Shuāng Lǚdài''' (''The Headmasters'', 双履带, "Double Pedrail")
*''Polish:'' '''Łoskot''' ("Rumble", sic!; in some episodes of cartoon)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rajada''' (Portugal comic, "Gust"), '''Dinamitador''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Bluster''' ("Бластер", "Blaster", ''Transformers''), '''Billy''' ("Билли", ''The Headmasters'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Bill''' (America, ''The Headmasters''), '''Plato''' (America, ''The Headmasters'')

====Twincast====
*''Japanese:'' '''Twincast''' (ツインキャスト ''Tsuinkyasto'')
*''English:'' '''Blaster''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Digital'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Platon'''
*''Russian:'' '''Bluster''' (Бластер, "Blaster")

==Gallery==
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Blast Off (G1)

2025-09-09T02:49:20Z

Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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{{disambig3|Blast Off}}
:''Blast Off is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEBlastOff.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Ground control to Major Denial.]]
'''Blast Off''' doesn't need a write-up in some pathetic, [[Main Page|grubby little human database]]. It might matter to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|''some'' robots]] what others think of them, or if they think of them at all, but Blast Off couldn't care less. No, he's literally and figuratively above your average Cybertronian riff-raff. The other Combaticons could completely forget he's up here, orbiting so far above the Earth, distant and alone... with only the empty void for company... and he couldn't care less. No, certainly not.

Lesser robots could hardly understand the joy... yes, that's it, the joy, he finds in efficiently and remorselessly annihilating targets from such a great distance. Blast Off was quite simply "built better" than the rest, you see, and so needs nothing from those tiny beings moving about so... so very... far away below. Blast Off... Blast Off is quite happy with his superior position, yes, quite happy and... and quite alone.

Blast Off condescends to combine with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

{{quote|Did you see me out there? I was magnificent. You might even say stupendous!|Blast Off|"[[Starscream's Brigade]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Milt Jamin]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"), [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth") |[[Edgar Wald]] (Latin American), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Aerial Assault" & "Starscream's Ghost"), [[Olivier Destrez]] (European French, "Starscream's Brigade" & "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4"), Unknown (European French, "Chaos"), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 3"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Dario de Castro]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4")}}
[[File:RevengeBruticus BlastOff Brawl.jpg|left|thumb|"You ever think about what you want to do after graduation?"]]
Blast Off was one of the five [[renegade Decepticon]]s liberated by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the Air Commander's latest attempt to unseat [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As an element of their imprisonment, they had been reduced to mere [[personality component]]s, so Starscream installed them into abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. The transplant caused the vehicles to immediately reconfigure themselves: Blast Off in particular went from being a {{w|B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 bomber}}<ref>"Starscream's Brigade" shooting script</ref> to being a space shuttle, of all things (though he still thought that it was a "crude carcass"). Starscream called them "Combaticons" and announced their names as they transformed, but they didn't recognize him. Nor did they feel particularly indebted to him for their release; in the end, Starscream only guaranteed their loyalty though having given them bodies bereft of [[energy absorber]]s, so they would be dependent upon him to refuel. While their first missions for Starscream were initially successful, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]' intervention meant the brigade's defeat, and Megatron exiled all six to a remote asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

Their exile would prove to be short-lived. With Blast Off providing the locomotion, the Combaticons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they defeated [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] and his [[Sentinel (G1)|drone army]]. It took a temporary Autobot-Decepticon alliance to defeat the Combaticons, and the Autobots believed them destroyed after Cybertron's sort-of liberation. In reality, Megatron had Bruticus (and thus, Blast Off, we guess) reprogrammed to be more loyal. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:AerialAssault BlastOff Aerialbots.jpg|thumb|"Are you sure this is where we parked?"]]
The Combaticons later ambushed the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a Middle Eastern country, and Blast Off heavily damaged [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] during the battle. He and the others then went off to help Megatron with his scheme to steal fighter aircraft from the country, and to protect his [[Giant Purple Griffin]]. Blast Off somehow failed to notice the Autobot [[insignia]]s on the stolen and disassembled Slingshot and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] before deeming both jets "cheap junk" and leaving. Although to be fair, he probably would've said that even ''if'' he knew who they were. Blast Off participated in the following battle against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], but lost when they ignited an oil well, creating an explosion that sent Bruticus flying. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Later, Blast Off and his teammates were driving (despite his obvious lack of wheels) around a city before abruptly forming Bruticus and just as abruptly getting blown to scrap by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Only [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was left in one piece, and he quickly took the opportunity to sell the parts of Blast Off and the others to various [[El Presidente|people]]. As soon as Megatron found out, he forced Swindle to get them back, and Blast Off was soon repaired. Then Bruticus was defeated by the Autobots again. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

In [[2006]], the Decepticons were driven off Cybertron and took refuge on [[Chaar]], with Blast Off and the others starved for [[energon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Blast Off joined in on the attack when the Decepticons noticed [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] spying on them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} When the Decepticons were offered energon by the [[Quintesson]]s, the Combaticons joined up with them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} For this decision, Blast Off was shot in the back by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and quickly re-pledged his loyalty to him. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Blast Off was among those Decepticons sent to Earth to prevent the Autobots from delivering a new [[Tranformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], but they failed in that attempt. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|thumb|"Heigh-ho, Blast Off, away!" 
"Aw, shut up, Runamuck!"]]
Later, Blast Off was patrolling a litter void in Decepticon territorial space when he found a [[Skuxxoid]] on a rocket sled making target practice out of the junk. After running the little punk to ground, Blast Off "convinced" him to give over his impressive blaster cannon. In addition, the alien told him how to find the weapon's rare ammunition, [[death crystal]]s, from Quig Mountain on the planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. When the Autobots came to investigate, Blast Off and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] attempted to chase them off the scene. [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], another egotistical space shuttle, gave them a merry chase, but Runamuck managed to blow up a comet to cover their escape. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:SurpriseParty GiantBlastOff.jpg|thumb|Determined to one-up Astrotrain, Blast Off grows big enough to transport his teammates and their combined form.]]
The Combaticons later failed to assassinate Decepticon exile [[Octane]] at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} Blast Off followed Galvatron to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] to track down [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], where they temporarily formed an alliance with [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} The Combaticons showed off some guerrilla tactics by appearing out of nowhere to damage a peace conference shuttle before escaping aboard Blast Off. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Blast Off served as transport for Soundwave when the Decepticons attacked the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]]. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} When the Decepticons conquered [[Paradron]], Blast Off and Swindle guarded jail cells, but didn't do very well when Rodimus Prime and his troops arrived to rescue the prisoners. Meanwhile, Blast Off was somehow also part of Bruticus, who was watching the whole affair alongside Galvatron. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} As part of Bruticus, Blast Off battled Defensor in [[Japan]], but the Combaticons were forced to separate and scatter when [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived on the scene. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

In [[2007]], the Combaticons were infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Later that year, the Decepticons attacked Cybertron in order to take control of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. As the other Combaticons built a giant engine on the planet's surface, Blast Off shot down [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] before reporting to Galvatron that the Aerialbots had been vanquished. He then ripped out [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[power pack]] to fuel the engine. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
{{--}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
The Combaticons were dispatched to assist the Stunticons in a battle against the Aerialbots. Together, the two teams overwhelmed the Autobot fliers, but before they could finish their enemies off, they were defeated by the newly constructed [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:FWCOTS Blast Off.jpg|thumb|wwhatevver]]
In the year [[2011]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] ordered a large-scale Decepticon assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in order to get his hands on [[Vector Sigma]]. The Combaticons were part of the attack forces, and Blast Off was seen bombing random targets until he was shot out of the sky by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As the battle continued, Blast Off merged with his team to form Bruticus, but even alongside the other Decepticon combiners, he was no match for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} The Combaticons were driven away, and were instead sent to Earth with orders to stop [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from bringing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Before they got very far, they were ambushed by the Protectobots and were buried in a rockslide in the ensuing battle. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Blast Off subsequently helped defend [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]]'s infiltration, but the Autobot spy snuck past when the Combaticons were distracted by the timely arrival of the Aerialbots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Blast Off later participated in another attack on Cybertron, this time because Galvatron wanted [[Cybertonuron]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} The Combaticons ended up facing Defensor yet again, and Bruticus was defeated by a swift kick to the neck. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} As part of Bruticus, Blast Off later defended a giant carnivorous plant in [[San Francisco]] from [[Raiden]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] then took command of the Combaticons, who sent them to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Florida|Miami]] alongside the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcons]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They also unleashed Bruticus at Sixshot's order as he continued his reign of terror over the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

[[File:IRMLFE Decepticon cheer.jpg|thumb|left]]
When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] officially took over [[Decepticon leader|leadership]] after Galvatron's death, Blast Off was amongst the cheering Decepticons. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} On the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Bruticus later tried to divert attention away from the Decepticon base, to no avail. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Later, back on Earth, Bruticus stood by and laughed as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' in the Atlantic Ocean. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} Blast Off was present at the massive Autobot-Decepticon battle in the [[Arctic]], if only as part of Bruticus. The combiner fled into space when it seemed Scorponok was going to tear Earth apart for [[plasma energy]]. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{--}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
During an illegal arms trading market hosted by the Combaticons, Blast Off inspected a treaded launch platform being sold by [[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]]. {{storylink|Shopping at the Dark Bazaar!}}

=====''Zone''=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Blast Off was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Blast Off and the Decepticons joined the revolution of the [[Selector]]s against their human masters. Blast Off was seen flying into battle with his onetime partner, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} Later on, The [[Quintesson]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s sided with the humans, and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] attacked all while craving [[Angolmois Energy]]. In battle with a scrambled version of [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], Abominus crashed into Bruticus and Menasor and stole some of their limb components to make an even stronger version of himself, including Blast Off. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

The makeshift combiner separated, but Blast Off and other Decepticons later followed the Terrorcons through a portal to the [[Precursor World]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} He helped [[Turtler]] form the [[Scramble 7]] combination. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
As part of Bruticus, Blast Off came to the Stunticons' aid when their new command outpost was attacked by the Aerialbots and Protectobots. Together with Menasor, Bruticus defeated Defensor, only for the two combiners to get their leg components shot off by Superion. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] took control of Bruticus's legs and flew away with Blast Off, Vortex and Onslaught, planning to drop them off somewhere over the ocean. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Blast Off later joined the Combaticons in hunting down an [[Battle Dog|escaped dog]] on which the Decepticons had experimented. He reacted with horror when the [[Mini-Vehicle|Minibot warriors]] came to stop their evil activities, and the Combaticons combined into Bruticus. However, [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], imbued with the dying dog's energy, defeated the giant using the [[Minibot combiner|"Minibot Warrior Spiral Attack"]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Blast Off participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Bruticus in order to battle alongside Menasor and Devastator against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Bruticus and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Blast Off only appears as a component of Bruticus}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Blast Off and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Onslaught's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Combaticons then merged into Bruticus to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
Blast Off formed the right arm of [[Scramble 7]], a Decepticon combiner using various combiner team members in a supposedly "ideal" configuration. Scramble 7 attacked the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], but was defeated by [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]], [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]], and [[Ranger]] thanks to their use of [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

=====''Zone'' comic=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Blast Off was of those summoned, but only as part of Bruticus. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
In the year 2001, the Decepticons had managed to conquer Cybertron completely. As the Autobots evacuated off-planet, Blast Off was one of the many space-worthy Decepticons who pursued them into orbit and attacked. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Blast Off graduated from the [[Autobot Military Academy]] and was drafted into the [[Elite Guard]]. He underwent the flying upgrade program to become a Space Warrior, but was curiously outfitted with a rather situation-specific (''re: useless'') [[alternate mode]] as a planetary orbiter. [[Magnum]] and [[Sentinel Major]] recruited him into the Guard's Special Ops Team, the Combaticons. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

On their first mission, the Combaticons were teamed with [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] and his Elite Guard Strike Team. In the rundown city known as [[Median]], an archeological dig had uncovered a powerful artifact known as the [[Heart of the Dragon]], and the Decepticon raiders from [[Quarex]] called [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]] were planning to swipe it. The Elite Guard arrived in Median to plan a defense and protect the dig team from the coming attack.

It was slow going converting the dilapidated ruins into a sturdy bunker to hold off an attack. Blast Off, [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] worked with the dig's security chief [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] on the fortifications, but Blast Off's prissy manner made him little help. He bemoaned the perils of manual labor, while also complaining about his useless orbiter mode which kept him from being useful during manual labor. When the Stormtroopers arrived, [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and his minions made it past Metalhawk's crew because he made the mistake of trying to take them alive. The operation went downhill from there, and the Decepticons soon escaped with the Heart.

Tracking the Stormtroopers back to their mobile base, the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], Blast Off and the others fought their way through Rage's bizarre creations, the [[Minotoron]]s. Seeing an opportunity to sneak inside, Blast Off, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and Dion mounted the creatures when they were summoned back inside the Metrotitan. Inside the mechanimals pen, however, the only possible exit was an enclosed observation booth far above their heads. Once again, Blast Off lamented the uselessness of his alternate mode, since he could only fly straight up, unable to maneuver enough to get them into the booth. It was up to Dion to use his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] boosters as a makeshift jetpack to reach the upper levels.

Once the team had reassembled inside, they were forced to confront [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], a small but powerful Transformer with atom-smashing breath, brought to life by the Heart of the Dragon. They engaged in an accelerated advance to the rear long enough for the Strike Team's <s>mad bomber</s> weapons specialist [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] to cobble together his explosives and blast Brimstone to [[J'nwan]]. The blast didn't kill the creature, but it did upset his delicate energy containment protocols, causing him to explode from the inside out. Blast Off and the Elite Guard managed to escape the blast radius, and reported back to Magnum about a job well done. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

The Combaticons and Strike Team continued to work together on many missions over the following weeks. After successfully eliminating [[Shadowcaster]], Blast Off and the Combaticons broke off from their partners to control patrolling the area and search for further leads on the [[Decepticon Warlord]]s. Instead, they ended up being captured by [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

Deathsaurus saw potential in the Combaticons, and manipulated them into abandoning the Elite Guard and siding with him. For Blast Off, the manipulation required little more than the promise of a [[Triple Changer]] upgrade with both land AND space modes so he wouldn't have to be so... lonely up there... {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

Blast Off and the Combaticons led a squadron of Deathsaurus's troops in battle against the Elite Guard headquarters. Four Elite Guard teams returned to base quickly enough to eliminate the threat of most of the Decepticons. The Combaticons had one last ace to play, however, and used Deathsaurus's new combination technology to merge into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], killing Sentinel Major and starting the slaughter anew. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} Bruticus managed to slaughter pretty much all of the Guard before [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] blinded the giant, forcing them to separate. They headed back to Deathsaurus's base for repairs. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Repairs proceeded, but the Combaticons were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could force them to combine into Bruticus at will. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} They still turned out to help defend the base against the remnants of the Elite Guard. Blast Off found himself grappling with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], but gained the upper hand when the Autobot was distracted by the sight of a sword-wielding [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]]. The Combaticons attempted to merge, only to be blasted mid-combination. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} In the resulting confusion, Blast Off was bound and sat on by Side Burn, preventing the Combaticons from forming Bruticus again and ultimately resulting in their capture by the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

In the hands of the compromised [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]], the Combaticons were whisked away to Deathsaurus's fortress, now under Megatron's control. Though Megatron gave them the option, none of them cared to help Deathsaurus, and they were imprisoned and their personality components subsequently interred in the Decepticon Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], who had held the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside his mind, once experienced nightmares of strange new Transformers, [[Special Teams]] with the ability to merge into a giants. Blast Off and his Combaticon teammates appeared in one of Buster's earlier dreams, before he sought help from the Autobots. To make sense of these dreams, Buster linked his mind with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s. They then both witnessed a scenario where the Combaticons and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] lost against their Autobot counterparts, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], in a battle over the [[Pullen Power Plant]]. However, the dream was also spied into by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], and so the Decepticons started building the Decepticon Special Teams seen in the vision.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}}

[[File:Afterdeath Vortex BlastOff.JPG|left|upright=0.9|thumb|"Hey, Vortex! Let's give these... clouds a surprise that will kill 'em all!"]]
Blast Off and the other Combaticons were led by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to steal a [[hydrothermocline]] energy device from [[Energy Futures Industries]], only to be faced with Optimus Prime and his Protectobots. After some advice by a nearby human named [[Ethan Zachary]], the two groups decided to fight [[Multi-World|virtually]] rather risk damage to the power plant. Transferring his mind into a computer, Blast Off teamed up with [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and ambushed [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] in the area called the "Cloud-Steppes". They did well at first with Blast Off hitting Blades with his [[x-ray laser]], until the local AI turned against them and distracted the two fliers with a cloud, allowing Groove to blind them with his [[photon pistol]] so that they crashed into each other and lost the game.

That's right. Blast Off, Lord of the Skies, was beaten up by a cloud. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

When the Decepticons successfully acquired the hydrothermocline, they planned to relocate it to the Florida Keys. Megatron assembled a convoy to travel in disguise by road down to the Keys, and so Blast Off joined the convoy. Of cars. Traveling from Wyoming to Florida. While flying in shuttle mode. Down U.S.-1 at less than 100 mph. And yet, the Decepticons called ''Megatron'' mad for expecting an Autobot attack..? {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

''On a mission for Commander [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Blast Off and the Combaticons secured a volcano where the nemeses [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had been found frozen in the cooled lava like flies in amber. Shockwave saw Galvatron as a threat to his power base and wanted the volcano destroyed with Galvatron stuck inside it. The Combaticons' mission was interrupted, however, by several female fleshlings trying to save Ultra Magnus. They sent a speeding jeep towards Blast Off and his comrades, but the Combaticons stopped the vehicle easily. However, they didn't fare as well against a tank the women had appropriated, which fired at the jeep and set off the storage of explosives the women had put inside it.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

[[File:UsedAutobot BlastOff Groove.JPG|thumb|Blast Off demonstrates for Groove how some toys fail the drop test.]]
He and his fellow Combaticons were sent on a hunting mission by Decepticon command and spent several weeks tracking and tormenting [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s, who had recently interfered with their schemes. They were interrupted by both the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and a squadron of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] soldiers, though, and engaged in battle with the first of these two groups. Blast Off demonstrated his unmitigated superiority by beating up a [[Groove (G1)|pacifist]]. Darn peace-niks. Blast Off's team was unable to secure their targets while so occupied however, and beat a retreat after the humans had taken off with the Throttlebots themselves. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Blast Off and his teammates chose to pursue the Protectobots, and tracked them on their return journey to the Ark. Ambushing them in a sprawling train yard, the Combaticons joined to form Bruticus, successfully bringing down the similarly merged [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] after a prolonged battle. But the dim-witted combiner was then tricked into lowering his guard by Blaster, who knocked out his opponent by collapsing an electrical tower atop of him. Afterwards, Blast Off was slapped with a mode-lock device so that Blaster could remote-control him, taking his four [[Spacehikers|newfound human friends]] for a spin around Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Unfortunately, Blaster was at odds with Autobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] at the time as well, and Blast Off and his passengers were forcibly captured by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} The Decepticon later either escaped Autobot custody on his own or was rescued along with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s victims by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''The Combaticons eventually wound up under the leadership of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. On his orders, they staged a raid on the [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]]. There, they secured two armed warheads and components from an advanced guidance computer. The Protectobots intervened part-way through the theft, but Blast Off managed to clear the area with the loot while his teammates provided cover, bringing his cargo all the way to Scorponok's orbital headquarters.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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In [[2006]] of an alternate future, Blast Off was drawn to a battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] after succumbing to the hypnotizing effect of a [[Quintesson]] signal. After the Autobots managed to disable the signal, returning all combatants to their senses, he helped the Decepticons retreat from the planet by serving as their transport. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In [[2008]], Blast Off was briefly seen racing through the skies with his fellow Decepticons on the way to attack [[Autobase]]; the Decepticons had been fed information that the Autobots had mostly left Cybertron, leaving their territories vulnerable. This turned out to be a Quintesson ruse, and the aliens ambushed the Decepticons in a bid to forcefully colonize the Transformer homeworld. The Decepticons wound up having to temporarily join forces with the Autobots to thwart them. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
As the Decepticons attacked a series of oil refineries, Blast Off and the Combaticons formed Bruticus to battle Superion. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
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Blast Off was one of the Decepticons who fell back under Megatron's command after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was destroyed. He was among the crowd of Decepticons Megatron whipped up into a warrior frenzy before first confronting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his second-generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}} He later showed concern when Onslaught buckled over in pain, despite no cause for it being apparent. Onslaught insisted he was fine, and sharply told Blast Off to leave him alone. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}} Blast Off and his fellow Combaticons were the first Decepticons aboard the [[Warworld]] to meet the boarding party of Cybertronians led by the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. He likely died alongside his fellows in the skirmish that ensued. {{storylink|Total War!}}
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===The Special Teams===
Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons were created by Starscream on a remote Pacific island, by combining military vehicles with Energon cubes. They then drove to the [[Pullen Power Plant]], passing Optimus Prime en route, though the Autobot leader was none-the-wiser to the Decepticons in disguise. Blast Off crossed paths with Fireflight and Skydive in the air, who recognized Blast Off's Decepticon badge. Their cover ruined, Onslaught ordered to rest of his team to merge with him to form Bruticus. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
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When the humans discovered a city buried beneath the ice, Blast Off and the Decepticons came looking for an opportunity to loot it. Initially blamed for shooting down a research plane, Blast Off and the Combaticons fought the Aerialbots until [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] alerted them that the [[city-dweller]]s were the true enemy of them all. After the Autobots and Decepticons worked together to neutralize the city-dwellers, Blast Off transformed to shuttle mode and ferried his fellow Combaticons and Ravage back to Megatron. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Blast Off was monitoring things on the Decepticon's derelict space cruiser when he spotted one of the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s though a doorway. Blast Off rushed towards him, only to be clocked on the head by the other Clone and rendered out cold. It was not a good day for Blast Off. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons served under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on a Decepticon ship, when they managed to shoot down the ship being captained by Ultra Magnus. After the Autobots crash-landed on planet [[Barrenikon]], the Decepticons landed their ship nearby to finish off their enemies. In the many possible adventures that followed, Blast Off and the other Decepticons often underestimated you, which often led to them losing to the Autobots, leaving them either stranded on Barrenikon, or fleeing after they received too much damage. That is, if you somehow didn't get yourself killed at their hands. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new Autobot Supreme Commander, Blast Off took part in the Decepticon assault upon [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} He attacked the [[Decagon]], dogfighting with [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} and was later at Shockwave's side when he ordered his troops to make the final push. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Blast Off rushed to the front lines as the Decepticons managed to breach the last of the Autobots' defenses. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

During the [[Dark Ages]] of Cybertron's civil war, while footage of a brawl between Defensor and Devastator was caught on-camera by Prowl's computers in his Autobase, Blast Off was also spotted by one of the hub's screens. {{storylink|Escalation}}

Millions of years later, Blast Off, along with his fellow Combaticons, was imprisoned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} until they were released by Starscream. In a plot to plunder Earth of its resources, Starscream planned to abscond with the dormant Combaticons while Shockwave regime was in the midst of being overthrown by the Autobots. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Returning to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' via an uncooperative [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], Starscream realized he needed to take parts from the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] if he ever hoped to get the ''Nemesis'' flying again, and for that he needed considerable firepower. Fortunately, there was a nearby abandoned military testing ground from which the Combaticons could scan Earth-based alternate modes. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} When the attack on the ''Ark'' was launched, the Autobots had little problem defending against the first wave, successfully capturing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], but several of the Autobots were soundly beaten when the Combaticons showed up and combined into the mighty Bruticus. The behemoth attacked the ''Ark'' freeing his Decepticon compatriots before going after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Unfortunately, the Autobots activated their ship's self-destruct before escaping, damaging the Combaticons in the resulting explosion. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

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Damaged or not, the Combaticons soon had to face a powerful enemy when the crazed zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, but before they could attack him, Bruticus' head was blown apart by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in the Autobot supply ship ''[[Orion]]''. In the aftermath, Bruticus's barely-conscious body was battered upon by an angry Brawn. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal, where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. Starscream ordered them to defeat the Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] as a means to train themselves for greater battles. Blast Off ordered Vortex to "take Sky Lynx down", but unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the Autobot split into his two forms, and Blast Off was embarrassingly grabbed in the flying form's jaws.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Blast Off defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During a particularly violent battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Blast Off combined with his fellow Combaticons in order to square off against [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Stormbringer issue 4|''Stormbringer'' #4]]}}
Blast Off is the second-in-command of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Applicable Skills|''Till All Are One'' #2 Cast List}}

[[File:Stormbringer4 Decepticonfliers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Whoever hits [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] gets the Cybertron Clearing House."]]
When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] took command of the Decepticons, the Combaticons rebelled and left Cybertron, becoming mercenaries. While breaking into a weapons vault on the [[Presidium (planet)|Presidium]] they were approached by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] and offered ample payment for returning to the Decepticon fold, which Blast Off and the other Combaticons accepted. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

Blast Off was part of the troop complement aboard the Decepticon warship ''[[Thanatos]]'' under the command of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]. With respect to the desperate defense the [[Wreckers]] were mounting against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Razorclaw sent out two squads of Decepticons to assist the Autobots; Blast Off was among the aerial forces led by [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[File:SpotlightArcee BlastOff.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|Now that's just rude.]]
He was later reassigned to the Combaticons operating under [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. The Combaticons were used as an elite storming brigade in the attack on the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary in an effort to capture the prison's [[Pretender Monster|newest inmates]] and their so-called [[Combiner|gestalt technology]]. Blast Off was right in the middle of chortling over the fun of killing folk when he was skewered by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. The other Combaticons carried him out with them when they evacuated with their prizes. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

After a deal was negotiated between Arcee and Banzai-Tron, Blast Off and the other Combaticons later helped her in an attempt to recapture [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (who had been stolen by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]]'s forces), though the insane Autobot disappeared mid-battle. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

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While Blast Off didn't participate in the Combaticons' [[North Korea|adventures]] on [[Earth]] for reasons unknown, he resurfaced years later on Cybertron as one of the Decepticons imprisoned by the Autobots following the end of the war. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} After the captive 'cons had gotten some level of freedom, Blast Off was part of a Cybertronian crowd recruited by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing a secret discovery below ground. Following Starscream into the cave, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare him the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Once [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] appeared in Iacon, Blast Off and the other Decepticons threw the peace aside and began rioting for a return to the good old days. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Blast Off joined the riot for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s space bridge under Swindle's claims that a better life was possible on Caminus. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} He later rejoined his fellow Combaticon teammates as they stewed over Starscream's leadership of Cybertron, with Blast Off being particularly angry about his attempts to sweep the past aside. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} A mysterious informant, DC-357, had already told them that Swindle might be a prisoner rather than a corpse {{storylink|07:00:00}} and they sprayed "SWINDLE LIVES" on a nearby wall as a statement of intent. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

To mark Chosen One Day, the Combaticons bought Onslaught a new grenade! {{storylink|Choose Me}}

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Months in, Blast Off and the others became worried Onslaught was wasting his time in the Swindle search. Blast Off tried and failed to get him to stop. After Onslaught stormed out, it was Blast Off that saw a new DC-357 message come in and inform them that he'd left a [[Badgeless]] disguise outside. Hoping to finally shake the tree, as already the Badgeless' violence was provoking resentment, Blast Off donned the garb, joined a patrol, and as soon as he got a chance he shot a Decepticon escapee dead and sent footage of it to the press. {{storylink|07:00:00}} As riots broke out, a sickened Blast Off headed home telling himself it had to be done.

To his dismay, Onslaught decided ''not'' to exploit the Badgeless killing as he felt it could be a Starscream plot to draw them out and so Blast Off had to come clean. This led to a new plan: the Combaticons arranged a march on the government while they waited for an opening. When [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] emerged to say he was now in charge of reforming the Badgeless and he was throwing the doors open to anyone, Onslaught and Blast Off organised a 'fight' where Blast Off would protect Ironhide, denounce Onslaught's methods, and ask to join the coppers. It worked so well, Blast Off even found [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] offering him a new place to crash. He then checked if Onslaught was alright and was told his boss was proud of him for such a sweet con. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}}

While undercover, Blast Off quickly became a star pupil of Ironhide, even becoming "good friends" with the other officers. After a while, his snooping paid off; he learned that [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] had moved Swindle's body after his death. He quickly informed Onslaught and shortly later, he and Vortex were dispatched to capture Wheeljack. They were intercepted by Chromia but used her to convince Wheeljack into coming with them. Wheeljack and Rattrap informed them that Swindle was brain dead, and Blast Off tried to make Onslaught stop as it was now pointless, but to no avail. Blast Off followed Onslaught into the inner workings of Metroplex regardless and soon they found Swindle, hooked up to life support. Rattrap then came back and gave Onslaught the Enigma of Combination, who told Blast Off that after this, they won't need anyone else ever again. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}}

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The Combaticons merged and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] was formed, Blast Off serving as the right arm. Because of the brain dead Swindle, the combiner was very unstable, leaving it up to Blast Off to try and keep everyone unified. He fought with Onslaught for control over Bruticus, saying that there is no point for this level of violence against civilians. Eventually Bruticus was stopped by Ironhide, and when the gestalt divided into its components, Blast Off apologized to Onslaught for not being able to save him before passing out. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

Blast Off and the other Combaticons were imprisoned and awaiting trial, though Ironhide was reluctant to prosecute them if their mental scarring proved too great. {{storylink|Ping}}

[[File:ThePriceOfYou-smoochy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.35|''Our love is a spiral Our <s>blood</s> oils are a spiral And our <s>blood</s> oils shall be exchanged!'']]
The Combaticons were still comatose when Starscream told the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] to turn them to his side as one of his combiners. In Blast Off's mind he woke up next to Onslaught, revealing that Blast Off had a thing for Onslaught. It was soon revealed by Starscream who was also there that this was all a dream, and that if Blast Off took his offer to help him sway the Combaticons for his side he could make this a reality. All he needed in exchange was for Blast Off to be aware of the false memories and to cover any holes in their story should the others get suspicious. Initially revolted by the idea of living a lie, Blast Off soon relented after Starscream reminded him that Onslaught would never let the past go or ever take any real interest in him. As a result, Onslaught and the others were made to believe that Onslaught's original deal with Starscream had worked out, with the Combaticons having been his secret and loyal bodyguards, and that their forming of Bruticus had been a last-ditch attempt to save Swindle's life with Starscream's approval.

Once Onslaught woke up, he saw Blast Off watching over him. He then touched Blast Off's hand, revealing Starscream kept his promise to make Onslaught notice him. {{storylink|The Price of You}} Onslaught mistook Blast Off's guilt for worry, and Blast Off assured him that he was glad things had worked out. Soon the Combaticons "resumed" their work of protecting Starscream, and Blast Off and Onslaught arranged a date. After the latter's first day "back", Starscream questioned how things were working, mocking Blast Off on how terrible things must be for him now. Blast Off claimed he had never wanted this, but Starscream retorted that he shouldn't pretend it wasn't. Frustrated, Blast Off demanded to see Swindle to make sure Starscream had kept his word to have him repaired. As Airachnid was finishing up on manipulating and repairing him, Swindle greeted his teammate, thanking Blast Off for how far he and the others had apparently gone to save him. {{storylink|If I Know You}}

Vortex and Blast Off later stood guard outside Starscream's office as Windblade confronted Starscream, and Blast Off was disturbed at Vortex's suggestions as to what was going on. During the final debate, Starscream revealed all of his crimes to the public, including the manipulation of the Combaticons. As a result, all of the Combaticons were imprisoned for their rampage as Bruticus, and because of his role in their manipulation, Blast Off was ostracized by the others, being shunned by his former lover as a bittersweet aftertaste. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
The Combaticons infiltrated [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] disguised as their vehicles, with Blast Off taking on the form of a transport plane. During the Decepticon-[[Cobra]] attack on the [[United Nations]], the Combaticons revealed themselves and combined into Bruticus to fight [[GIJONIN]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The [[Combaticon (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Combaticons]] fought multiple tours together. On the first one, Blast Off changed his Cybertronian spaceship mode into an Earth-styled space shuttle. It's likely that this was when the other Combaticons changed their alternate modes as well. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The team often needled and frustrated [[Brawl (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Brawl]] in order to make better use of his focused battlefield fury. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}} They also knew better than to trust [[Swindle (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Swindle]] with ''anything''. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}

Bruticus as a combined form was created by [[Shockwave (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Shockwave]] for the express purpose of pummeling Autobots. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Decepticon Shockwave's bio}}

Blast Off's preferred fighting style from a distance left him isolated, easy to capture and imprison on Cybertron so the Autobots could take Bruticus out of the picture.

He was eventually reunited with the rest of the team. [[Onslaught (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Onslaught]] subsequently mandated that he switch his alternate mode once again in order to stay close, so - much to Blast Off's anger - he reformatted into a fighter jet. Onslaught welcomed this new temperment because he considered his subordinate to be a more effective soldier afterwards. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}} He was equally happy blasting Autobots from space as he was planet-side, so this anger was likely a form of [[mode attachment]]. {{storylink|#PWTSE|''Special Edition'' Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}

The Combaticons were posted on Cybertron during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Swindle's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Decepticon Blast Off's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Vortex's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Brawl's bio}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Open Comms|''Transformers Valentine's Day Special'' backup strip]]}}

[[File:FateOfCybertron BlastOffCosmos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Literal star-crossed couple.]]
Blast Off ran transit runs near Cybertron, and struck up a friendship over long-range communications with a lonely [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}} As a member of [[The Rise]], Blast Off came to pickup the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] along with the [[Energon]] cubes they had produced off of [[Mayalx]] with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]. He asked [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] what would happen to [[Constructicon (G1)|those chumps]] on Mayalx that they left behind, to which Shockwave responded that he'll contact them again when their services are needed. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

Following the severing of the [[Tether]] and the [[Winged Moon]] being saved from [[Team Stream]], Cosmos remained behind but asked [[Lancer]] to pass on a request to Blast Off to join him on the Moon. {{storylink|War World: Moon|Moon}} Upon receiving the message, Blast Off flew off before the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] could stop him. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

Blast Off rendezvoused with Cosmos, and they spent some quality time alone together making the Winged Moon hospitable again. After the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], they headed for the Winged Moon. Cosmos eagerly waited to greet the new arrivals, but Blast Off was just grumpy that their alone time was at an end. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

===Energon Universe===
Blast Off and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] chased down [[Elita One (G1)#Energon Universe|Elita One]], cornering her. Before he could follow [[Onslaught (G1)#Energon Universe|Onslaught]] and [[Brawl (G1)#Energon Universe|Brawl]], the [[Autobot]] shot the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] severing the connection between the two worlds. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9}}

==Commercial appearances==
Blast Off and the rest of the Combaticons charged down a ravine to face-off against [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they neared him, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus and took to the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Bruticus and Metroplex|Bruticus and Metroplex commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When a team of Autobots led by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] went on the offensive, Blast Off, Swindle, and Vortex used superior military tactics to fight them off. {{storylink|War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn}} Blast Off was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBlastOff.jpg|thumb|left||400px]]
Blast Off participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, (20 Event Cores,) and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:BlastoffEarthwars.jpg|thumb|upright=2| Error 404: Flyer not found]]

Able to roam the spaceways in his shuttle mode, Blast Off feels above his fellow Combaticons in every sense.
To him, the travails of others are small, petty things, and his aloof and superior manner aggravate the heck out of everyone. But he doesn't care. Everything is remote to Blast Off, including the fate of his victims, blasted from orbit. That way, he never feels a trace of remorse. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Blast Off Bio}}

Along with the other Combaticons, he was summoned to Earth by Megatron. He feels he should have been the one to get to earth first instead of Swindle.

Blast Off can also form the right arm of Bruticus when he is in his 3star/4 star limb mode.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 1 star
*'''Weapons''': Blast off uses his Ionic rifle to blast enemy defenses.
*'''Ability: Air Strike''': Shoots 4 powerful rockets at a target dealing moderately high damage.
**'''Cost: 4 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blast-off Blast Off at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOBlastOff.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Blast Off is featured as a boss battle in the sixteenth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots. He appears once the player reaches 32,300,000 points.
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Blast Off was a member of the Combaticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

On Earth, Blast Off and the other Combaticons acted as a liaison between the Decepticons and the forces of Cobra, offering them advanced alien technology in exchange for their full cooperation. While meeting with [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]] in southern [[France]], the Autobots attacked and only narrowly escaped after Onslaught wounded Bumblebee. The Combaticons, minus Swindle, spent days pursuing the battered Autobots before bumping into a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] encampment; leery of their advanced weapons and unable to form Bruticus, the Combaticons retreated. {{storylink|Cobra/Con Fusion}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1Blastoff toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What are you talking about? I see brown space shuttles being used by the army all the time.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, [[1986]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Takara/GiG ID number'': '''D-65'''
**''Accessories'': left & right [[sonic cannon]]s, [[ionic blaster]]
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Blast Off transforms into an {{w|Space Shuttle|International NASA Space Shuttle}}. In this mode, he is armed with two laser cannons mounted to his engines. In [[robot mode]] Blast Off is armed with a small laser pistol and his two laser cannons, which are now mounted on his legs. He usually forms Bruticus' right arm, but as a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style toy, he can be connected with any limb slot on Bruticus.

:The initial release of Blast Off had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with colored plastic. In [[1987]], he came packaged with a random Decepticon [[Decoy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Blast-Off/blast-off.htm More information on Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bruticus''' (Gift set, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-69'''
**''Accessories'': left & right sonic cannons, ionic blaster
:In addition to his single release, Blast Off was also sold in a "Bruticus" [[giftset]] alongside the other Combaticons. The gift set was never available in the USA or Canada, but only in [[Japan]] and [[Italy]].

:In [[1988]], [[GiG]] also re-released the Bruticus set in Italy, with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

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*'''Decepticon Blast Off''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories'': left & right sonic cannons, ionic blaster
:Blast Off was re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line. This version uses the plastic chest, and his [[rubsign]] indent has been filled in for this release. Another change on this mold is that the inside of his arms does not contain the peg needed to attach to the other arm, as a result, in shuttle mode his arms do not lock together.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Actually ''closer'' to a realistic Space Shuttle color scheme than the original.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, [[1994]])
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Accessories'': left & right [[x-ray laser cannon]]s, ionic blaster
:Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Blast Off was [[redeco]]ed white with purple camouflage... for all the times you need purple camouflage in space.

:This version of the toy keeps all his accessories and functionality from the original release, but lacks any decal detailing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/BlastOff/blast-off.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Generationstoy-G2BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He didn't see the snowstorm coming until it was too late.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Box set, [[2012]])
**''Accessories'': 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Franks]] (deco artist)}}
:Part of a giftset [[exclusive]] to [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[BigBadToyStore]], this version of Blast Off is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]] [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Blast Off (FOC)#Generations|Blast Off]] in ''Generation 2'' colors. He can form any arm or leg of Bruticus, but his nominal placement is as the right arm, as usual.

:This toy was retooled into ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Topspin (FOC)#Toys|Autobot Topspin]].
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe-ROTF-toy BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|SHUTTOL NOT TANKK!]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' ([[2008]])
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]
:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Blast Off is a redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]]/[[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] sculpt, transforming into a brown [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gepard/gepard1.html Gepard] anti-aircraft tank. His markings include his initials on his tread housings and a five-pointed star which, combined with his color scheme, gives his tank mode a somewhat Soviet feel. When combined with the other Combaticons, Blast Off is nominally Bruticus Maximus's right arm, though he can be used in any other limb position.

:He was only available as part of the ''Universe'' Bruticus Maximus [[giftset]], which also contains [[Brawl (G1)#Universe (2008)|Decepticon Brawl]], another redeco of the same sculpt used for Blast Off. The ''Universe'' version of the giftset was initially intended to be released as a [[Target]] exclusive in the United States, but ultimately ended up being only available in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American markets eventually received a [[rebranding|rebranded]] version of this giftset (with no changes to the toys themselves) in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging (thereby creating a new [[live-action film series]] [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]] character as well as a new version of the pre-existing [[Brawl (Movie)#Exclusive figures|Brawl]] character), exclusively available at Target stores in the United States and at Zellers stores in Canada.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], as well as the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' versions of Blast Off (see [[#United|below]]) and [[Brawl (G1)#United|Brawl]]. Another planned redeco, ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]], was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetBlastOff/blastoff.htm More information on ''Universe'' Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
*'''Bruticus''' ([[2009]])
**''ID number:'' '''16'''
:A reissue of the original G1 Blast Off toy at first sight, this toy is actually a redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Movor#Toys|Movor]] retool of the sculpt. This version of Blast Off was only available as part of a Bruticus gift set released under [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of reissues.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-RetailBlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / #008'''
**'''PART 2 OF 5!'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''TG03'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 26]], [[2013]]
**''Accessories:'' 2 hand-held blasters/tailfins
{{note|The Aligned [[Blast Off (FOC)#Retail|Blast Off]] toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Blast Off in many continuities.}}
:A [[redeco]] of Blast Off from the [[Bruticus (WFC)#Generations|Decepticon Bruticus]] gift set was available individually alongside his fellow [[Combaticon (WFC)#Toys|Combaticons]] as part of the second [[wave]] of the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''-themed 2012-onwards Deluxe Class ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' assortment. These versions of the Combaticons replace the [[show-accuracy|game-accurate]], ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]''-inspired decoes with more "flashy" colors apparently homaging the color scheme of [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]]. Blast Off replaces the primarily tan colors and purple details of the giftset release with a mainly purple body and yellow detailing, and features new yellow paint operations on his blaster.

:Unsurprisingly for an Aligned toy inspired by Generation 1, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Blast Off appeared in many Generation 1-based stories. The retail Hasbro deco [[Blast Off (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|appeared]] in IDW Publishing's ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comic series<ref>Blast Off's first appearance in "season 1" of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' came in the the 2012 [[Primus: All Good Things|''Robots in Disguise'' annual]], wherein artist [[Andrew Griffith]] drew him according to the contemporary High Moon Studios [[:File:FOC Blast Off.jpg|game model]] that debuted in ''Fall of Cybertron''.</ref> while the TakaraTomy deco [[Blast Off (G1)#Transformers: All Spark|appeared]] in ''[[Transformers: All Spark]]'' and ''[[Transformers Cloud]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BlastOff/blastoff.htm More information on retail Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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===''United''===
[[File:United Bruticus Maximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*'''Bruticus''' (Multi-pack, [[November 7]], [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Energon Gun-radar/hand, Decepticon-type [[energon star]]

:Released exclusively by TakaraTomy in non-Japanese Asian markets, this redeco of the ''Energon'' Bruticus Maximus set has colors similar to the previous ''Universe''/''Revenge of the Fallen'' release, but with a greater emphasis on G1-accuracy. Additionally, the gun-radar/combined mode foot/hand previously cast in translucent colored plastic is now opaque grey, though his energon star remains orange.
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Why are you guys complaining about me being a jet in ''Combiner Wars''? I was a jet before! ...Almost.]]
*'''Combaticons''' (Multi-pack, [[2013]]?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
***''Fist strength'': '''???'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''876'''
***''Sword strength'': '''???'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Jetfire]], Blast Off automatically transforms from a booster-equipped jet to a robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Onslaught (G1)#Bot Shots|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Swindle (G1)#Bot Shots|Swindle]], and [[Vortex (G1)#Bot Shots|Vortex]], but this never saw release.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy BlastOffKreon.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Transforms into himself taking a nap.]]
*'''Blast Off''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2012]])
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Bag number'': '''22851 47'''
**''Accessories'': logo brick, built-up small pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first normal wave of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Blast Off is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure, though a stamped ID number can be found on the back of the bag, top-right corner. He comes with extra parts so he can be rebuilt into a vehicle that vaguely resembles a Space Shuttle.

:However, Blast Off can be built as part of Bruticus, if you have any sense of creativity.

:He uses the [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]] style helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OBlast-Off/blastoff.htm More information on Blast Off at TFU.info]''

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*'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2016]])
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': logo plate, built-up small pistol
:In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Blast Off has the biggest change of all of the remade Kreons, as his dark brown plastics have been turned to an odd greenish-tan, the same color of his pre-release prototype at [[BotCon 2012]]. His torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them. What flat gray paint he did have has been changed to metallic silver. Also the 1x2 "roof" block has been replaced with a 1x2 bare plate, possibly due to a factory change?

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|CombinerWars}}
[[File:CWDlxBlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At least I wasn't replaced by an [[Rook (CW)|APC]] or somethin'...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot

: Released in the fifth wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxes, "Decepticon Blast Off" is a redeco of [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]], transforming from robot to what is more or less a Harrier jump jet (thematically fitting with the "Combaticon" moniker). We can only assume that the use of Quickslinger's head sculpt over [[Fireflight (G1)#Generations|Firefly]]'s [[mouthplate]]d one has something to do with the sort-of visor that Blast Off acquired via coloring error in the Generation 1 cartoon. He includes two [[5 mm post|5 mm]] weapon accessories: an "ionic blaster" (sculpted to resemble a flamethrower) and "X-ray cannons" that can also transform into a hand or a foot.

: As a ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe figure, Blast Off can also transform into an arm or a leg for a Combiner, including forming [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]] with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Combiner Wars|Combaticons]]. He can also form with any ''Unite Warriors'' Voyager Class figure or even into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs.

:Copies of Blast Off in monolingual English packaging include a copy of [[The End of the Beginning of the World|''Robots in Disguise'' #11]], labelled in the indicia as ''Combiner Wars'' #3. In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, he was available in different types of [[multilingual packaging]] including a character card featuring his comic book cover/[[package art]] instead. He and the last three waves of ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe and Voyager figures later showed up at TJ Maxx at reduced prices with the collector card.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWBlastOff/blast-off.htm More info on Combiner Wars Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:CW-toy BlastOff G2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh come on, this deco would have worked perfectly on a Space Shuttle!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bruticus''' (Collection Pack, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot

: The entire ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticon team was redecoed into close approximations of their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' colors; let's be real, how hard is it to mess up white and black? Nailed it easy. Unfortunately, he still has the original Decepticon faction symbol, not the ''Generation 2'' style one.

: This version of the team was only available as a large boxed set, which also included a ''Generation 2''-ish version of [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#CWG2|Shockwave]]. This was the fourth of five different combiner "Collection Pack" box sets, which were "shared exclusives" sold by numerous online retailers... though many ultimately ended up at US discounters like Ross and TJ Maxx.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/CWG2BlastOff/blast-off.htm More information on ''Combiner Wars'' Generation 2 Blast Off at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Combiner-Wars-Special-Edition-Deluxe-Blast-Off.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|That shooting star you wished upon two years ago? Totally me.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Special Edition, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' gun, double-barreled gun/hand/foot, "[[The Fallen/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatronus]]" [[Prime Master]]

:''Combiner Wars'' Special Edition Blast Off is a redeco of ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Movor#Unite Warriors|Shuttler]], which in turn is a slight retool and reassembly of [[#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Blast Off]]. This is the first release of this tooling by Hasbro, featuring a dark brown deco more accurate to his original toy as well as the toy-accurate Shuttler-style reverse chest as compared to the ''Unite Warriors'' release.

:Like Shuttler, this Blast Off features a retooled neck piece that prevents his head from falling off while handling and enlarged tabs on his legs to prevent the vehicle and arm modes from falling apart. Unlike Shuttler, however, Blast Off has his arms swapped at his shoulders' ball joints as opposed to at the bicep swivel; as a result, the protrusions on the shoulders prevents the arms from folding up in properly in arm mode. You can easily reassemble them either to fix this, or if desired, into the same configuration as the ''Unite Warriors'' release.

:As part of a trio of "Special Edition" toys celebrating the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', he is packaged in a premium window box and includes a redeco of the [[The Fallen/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatronus]] [[Prime Master]] (sans [[Bomb-Burst (G1)#Generations|Bomb-Burst]] decoy suit) cast in translucent red plastic. Unlike the other ''Combiner Wars'' Combaticons (including his original ''Combiner Wars'' figure), his hand/foot/gun has metallic silver paint, making it stand out from the dull bare gray plastic of the others.

:He is also mildly mistransformed in the box, as his feet are unfolded into vehicle mode position and the tip of his shuttle nose isn't folded away into his backpack.

:While clearly intended to go with your ''Combiner Wars'' [[Bruticus (G1)#Combiner Wars|Bruticus]], his instructions suggest combining him with any ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager class figure instead.

:Blast Off was first publicly revealed via preorder listings on [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and several Asia-based toy retailers without a prior announcement from Hasbro. This set was an Amazon exclusive in the U.S. but was available at retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]] in Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore.

:Unlike [[Repugnus (G1)#PWTSE|Repugnus]] and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]], this Blast Off didn't have a Japanese release as this mold was already released two years prior.
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:Takara-UW-Blast-Off.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Blasting off out of Japan at the speed of light.]]
*'''Bruticus''' (giftset, [[June 25]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-07'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Sold as part of Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Bruticus (G1)#Unite Warriors|Bruticus]] gift set with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|Combatrons]], this version of Blast Off is a new mold that aims closer to his Sunbow cartoon appearance (including the misplaced color application of his animation model visor), transforming into a space shuttle. Blast Off also comes with a newly-sculpted weapon based on his G1 blaster, as well as a new hand/foot/gun accessory that can be used to transform him into an arm or a leg compatible with any ''Unite Warriors''/''Combiner Wars'' combiner teams, or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs. In vehicle mode, his blaster pegs under his nosecone to become landing gear. The shuttle's tailfin is removed during transformation and pegged (in halves) on the robot mode's back, replicating his original character model.

:Blast Off was redecoed into [[Movor#Unite Warriors|Shuttler]] and heavily retooled into ''Unite Warriors'' [[Strafe (G1)#Unite Warriors|Strafe]].
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===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File: AOTP-BlastOff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|A memory of a time when it was possible to put things in orbit without them exploding on the launch pad.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Combaticon Blast Off''' (Deluxe Class, [[2026]])}} </ul>
:*''Accessories:'' 2x Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[July 25]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T18IQaMuGVk Transformers Brand Panel Recap | SDCC 2025 | Hasbro Pulse] on YouTube, with [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

: Released as part of the first 2026 wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'', Combaticon Blast Off is a Deluxe Class figure that converts from Sunbow accurate robot mode to space shuttle. He comes with two blasters that can be held by his fists, mounted on his forearms, or stored beneath his wings.

: As you would expect, he combines with his fellow ''Age of the Primes'' Combaticons (or, at least, Onslaught's frame) to form [[Bruticus (G1)#Age of the Primes|Bruticus]]. As with other "frame" combiners made by Hasbro/Takara in recent years, he splits in two to serve as Bruticus's right arm, with the frame providing the joint.

: Blast Off was revealed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2025.

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==Merchandise==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2BlastOff watch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blast Off Watch''' (Watch, [[1995]])
:A non-transforming digital wristwatch of Blast Off's shuttle mode manufactured by [[Ostrum International]] was released during ''Generation 2'', in the same white and purple coloration as his concurrent toy.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components Blast Off, [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:G1OddCombat.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|]]
*Blast-Off had the working name of Countdown.
*Blast Off's odd choice of alternate mode compared to his teammates can be chalked down to the Combaticons' original wavemates, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s, all possessing jet alternate modes. Hence, the desire to give the two airborne Combaticons unique alternate modes.
*The [[character model]]s of the Combaticons are kinda... okay, heavily made-up. Early models of the team which were a bit more accurate to the toys-except for the heads, oddly enough–have shown up in various sourcebooks, though Blast Off's is still off in some very odd ways. Blast Off's final animation model apparently mis-interpreted his forehead crest as a visor, giving him one funkily arranged face, for example.
*The packaging of the 1991 European [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] release of the original [[Onslaught (G1)#1991Classic|Onslaught]] toy depicted the Combaticons in (mostly) [[:File:EuroClassicsCombaticons.jpg|new color schemes]], despite the fact that the actual toys looked identical to their original releases. While it may never be known for certain, it has been theorized that these colors originated from a packaging printing error rather than a legitimate attempt to [[redeco]] the Combaticons.
*In the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity the Combaticons are swayed to the Decepticon side by Deathsaurus appealing to their darker natures, represented by one of the Seven Deadly Sins. As noted above, Blast Off is convinced by the offer of a [[Triple Changer]] upgrade so he'd be, y'know, useful (he already has three different vehicle modes in his various toy representations that all tickle down as Blitzwing). His vice is thus Envy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blast Off''' (ブレストオフ ''Buresuto Ofu'')<ref>Normally, the word "blast" is rendered in katakana as ブラスト (''burasuto'')—like in [[Strongarm (Energon)|Blastarm]] or [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Broadblast]]. However, the katakana used in Blast Off's Japanese name is most decidedly ブレスト (''buresuto'')—which is usually used to render the English word "breast". This same spelling was later used to render the first part of [[Blast Master]]'s name, an unrelated shuttle character released years later. It is likely that this was simply one of the many name mistransliterations in Generation 1 that stuck.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bào Zhà''' (爆炸 "Explosion")
*''French:'' '''Propulsio''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kilövő''' ("Launcher")
*''Italian:'' '''Exploder'''
*''Korean:'' '''Blast Off''' (블래스트 오프 ''Beullaeseuteu Opeu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Vzryv''' (cartoon, Взрыв, "Explosion")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:FOC Blast Off.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base for 2012 IDW robot mode
File:FOC-Blast Off-concept art-vehicle mode.jpg|High Moon Studios concept base for 2012 IDW vehicle mode
File:CW Blast Off cvr.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
File:EW-skin-Blast Off-G2.jpg|''Generation 2''-themed skin in ''Earth Wars''
</gallery>

==References==
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Blades (G1)

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{{disambig3|Blades}}
:''Blades is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Blades-mtmte-unpublished.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Profile art that actually captures the essence of a character. Madness!]]
'''Blades''' will never be the Autobot poster child. He's a dirty, underhanded street brawler at heart and proud of it. The fact that his [[alternate mode]] and function as air support can keep him at a distance from combat infuriates him. Blades would rather use his rotors to gut a Decepticon from antenna to tailpipe than to fly. When he fights, he wants to feel his enemies' fuel spraying across his steel skin. Blades does his job and does it darn well, but if there's a way to get his hands dirty in the process, you can bet your processor he'll find it.

Blades combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "Call of the Primitives")|[[Fritz von Hardenberg]] (German, "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Call of the Primitives"), [[Christoph Lindert]] (German, Generation 2 dub of "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Niko Macoulis]] (German, Generation 2 dub of "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese), [[Garcia Neto]] (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Weapon"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French, "The Revenge of Bruticus")}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Blades savinghumans.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|A more kid friendly bad boy.]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], while [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] fought the flames, Blades saved civilians trapped by the fires. Soon afterwards he was spraying his limited supply of coolant onto the flames, but was concerned that he was running out and couldn't cool down the whole planet. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Blades, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they arrived ostensibly to save some window-washers from a burning skyscraper. Blades actually blew the workers from their dangling platform. Fortunately, Streetwise managed to catch them below. Later still, Blades and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:G1 UltimateWeapon FirstAid Blades repairbay.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Blades is to First Aid as Twins are to Ratchet.]]
In the year [[2006]], Blades was present (occasionally) during the battle on [[Eurythma]]. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

The Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors, Blades was shot down by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] took him back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for repairs. While Blades recuperated, the Combaticon [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] broke into the city and managed to steal Metroplex's [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]], and First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor even without First Aid, and they successfully saved a train full of civilians. After First Aid returned to the Autobots, Blades ferried him into Metroplex while the giant Autobot was battling Trypticon, enabling the medic to realign the replacement cog properly, which in turn allowed Metroplex to triumph. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

[[File:AutobotsCall.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|It might have been just desserts if the whole planet hadn't gotten the same treatment two seconds later.]]
Blades was one of the first three (along with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]) to be drained by the energy leech, [[Tornedron]]. The whole of Cybertron was likewise sucked dry moments later, though all were restored when [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] saved the day. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface.

Defensor—and by extension, Blades and the rest of the Protectobots—contracted the plague while fending off an infected Superion. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Blades (along with the rest of the galaxy) was cured by the unleashed wisdom of the Matrix following Optimus Prime's resurrection. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

When the Plasma Energy Chamber helped restore Cybertron to its Golden Age, Blades was among the Autobots cheering for its return. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Blades and the Protectobots formed Defensor to battle the Decepticon combiners. When Bruticus joined Devastator and Menasor, Defensor was assisted by Superion. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)}}

=====Scramble City=====
[[File:ScrambleCity Blades.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Blades and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Blades and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron in order to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Blades was stationed there with the Protectobots and fought off the Decepticons' initial assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As Defensor, Blades' team continued battling on Cybertron for some time. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Blades and the Protectobots assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Blades and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again, as Hot Spot and Blades were seen firing upon the aerial Combaticons again. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Blades and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. Blades and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Blades and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

[[File:Hm27 Technobots and Protectobots.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Blades and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Blades and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:Hm34 Protectobots.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Blades and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Blades and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Blades and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Blades participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''Legends'' comic=====
In [[2015]], Blades participated in a battle on Earth that led to the defeat of [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
In [[2021]], Blades and the other Protectobots played a game of baseball in celebration of First Aid's friend [[NUL-A]]'s birthday. {{storylink|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}} When a bunch of Autobots went to [[Hawaii]] for surfing training, Blades came along to rescue those who weren't so good at it. {{storylink|Crossing the Pacific Ocean!?}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:Blades Hotspot Great Transformer War.jpg|thumb|left|Blades is inexplicably the hero of this entire issue.]]

When the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] formed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to attack a baseball stadium, the Autobots' human friend [[Kenji]] called in the Aerialbots and Protectobots in response. Blades and the Protectobots put out the fires caused by the Decepticon mayhem before combining into Defensor. Their central component was injured battling Bruticus, however, forcing the Protectobots to disengage while Hot Spot tended to his injuries. Thinking quickly, Kenji told Superion to aim for the legs, and the giant Autobot shot out the leg components of both Bruticus and Menasor. Blades and the smaller Protectobots then leapt into action, linking up with the Decepticon combiners in place of their normal limbs. Kenji laughed as the Protectobots sent their captive Decepticon super-robots kicking through the sky, planning to drop them off over the nearest ocean. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' =====
Many years later, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton]] of the planet [[Eran]] to increase the potency of their combiner robots. The Protectobots and Aerialbots attempted to storm [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] in order to recover the kidnapped scientist, but were repelled by Scramble City base modes with launcher power. Superion in particular suffered critical injuries. Reconsidering their tactics, Hot Spot transformed to repair bay mode in order to bring the Aerialbots back on-line, while Blades infiltrated Trypticon alone to recover Dalton and the other Protectobots held off Menasor and Bruticus long enough for their teammates to complete their missions. Inside Trypticon, Blades was able to retrieve Dalton with little fuss, as most of the Decepticons were distracted watching the fight. Dalton was brought back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], where he agreed to work on the new [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] warriors for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}
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====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/21}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:SecondGeneration protectobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3| Not only are you guys like, seven years too early for [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]], you won't even ''get'' any G2 toys. Talk about cruel irony.]]
''Though [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had given the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] back to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], its influence was still present in his mind. He and Prime had their minds connected to a machine, where they shared a vision of a "Second Generation" of Transformers. Blades was the member of the Protectobots, one of four [[Special Teams]]. In this vision, Blades and his fellow Protectobots combined into Defensor and fought the Decepticons Bruticus and Menasor while defending the [[Pullen Power Plant]].'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} ''But [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] were listening in on this vision, and both sides planned to make it reality.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

''Shortly after the Protectobots were given life by the Matrix'', Optimus and Wheeljack learned of a [[cerebro-shell]] implanted in Prime which had allowed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to tap into the Matrix and eavesdrop on their conversations. Reversing the signal, the Autobots learned of a Decepticon plot to steal the energy-converting hydrothermocline. Taking the Protectobots with him for the mission, Optimus moved to intervene on Megatron and his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' plans.

At the industrial site, a human named [[Ethan Zachary]] broke a stand-off between the two forces by suggesting they battle for the hydrothermocline in a virtual game program, so that nothing of value to either side would be damaged in the melee. With their consent, Zachary uploaded Optimus, Megatron, and the two Special Teams into the computer game environment called "[[Multi-World]]," though Megatron insisted that each faction leader wager their lives on the outcome of the game. Blades was teamed with [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and they maneuvered through an area called the Cloud-Steppes, where cities floated on clouds and absurdly long walkways were supported underneath them. The Combaticon flyers cut loose one of the walkways, sending the ground-bound Groove and a group of Cloud-Steppers flailing and falling. Against his better judgement, Blades caught the falling humanoids instead of saving his teammate. This proved to be a good idea, as the Cloud-Steppers unleashed their patented cloud-in-a-knapsack trick to blind the Combaticons until Groove shot them down. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser of the game, and so Blades and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}} Afterwards, Blades attended the bedside vigil of Optimus Prime with the rest of the Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] tried in vain to repair their fallen leader. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

[[File:Blades-uk125a.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|"Blades! Who's the best Autobot leader?" "Well, Optimus Prime was kinda oka—"]]
''When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] took control of the Autobots, Blades began to muse on deserting, like [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] had already done. While on a mission in [[London]], tracking a signal that could be the deserters, his bad mood was made worse by being attacked by [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]], and he came close to killing the humans before realizing this was against the Autobot code. He then ended up assisting Action Force, Grimlock, and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] against a rampaging Megatron, the real source of the signal. If not for Blades, [[Wild Bill]] would have died in a [[Dragonfly]] crash during the fight! The rescue helped the Autobots and the humans work in tandem, as it made clear to both teams that they were fighting for the same side. Despite their alliance, Megatron seemed invulnerable, shrugging off every attack that came his way. It was determined that the only chance to obliterate their foe was to detonate several nearby gas tanks with an air strike, though the only thing keeping Megatron in position was Grimlock. Wishing to redeem himself for an earlier failure, Centurion had Blades drop him atop of the Decepticon while Grimlock was pulled out. Both Megatron and Centurion disappeared in the blast that ensued, and Blades saluted Centurion's death afterwards.'' {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}

[[File:MarvelUS32 blaster arrested.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|This is a lot sillier when you realize the Protectobots' [[Photon pistol|pistols]] don't really shoot anything. Well, maybe Blades's does.]]
As part of the Protectobots, Blades was sent out ''again'' by Grimlock to track down the "traitorous" Blaster and Goldbug. ''This time,'' they managed to track them down to [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve]]'s used car dealership, the two deserters having joined forces with the [[Throttlebot]]s during their absence. Big Steve had already disabled the Autobots under his care by pouring soda into their gas tanks, leaving all but Blaster unable to defend themselves. But other parties were on the deserters' trail; a four-way skirmish developed between Blaster, the Protectobots, the Combaticons, and the human-led robot hunters, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. In the end, Blades and his crew only managed to capture Blaster. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} The Protectobots clashed once more against the Combaticons en route to the Ark, this time meeting them in a sprawling trainyard. Blades, disregarding Hotspot's orders, gunned immediately for Vortex, but found himself having trouble getting a bead on his opponent thanks to the latter's superior aerial agility. Once the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, the Protectobots matched their strategy and became Defensor. This still wasn't enough to best the evil robots, and the Protectobots soon found themselves at the enemy's mercy. They were saved by Blaster, who had gotten his [[mode lock]] by some errant children, and managed to bring down an electrical tower atop of Bruticus, knocking him out. In thanks, they let their prisoner "escape," alongside his newfound friends. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

Blaster made his way back to the Ark in time. Blades was present when many other Autobots begged the rebel to take over leadership of the Autobots, though the mutiny didn't pan out thanks to Grimlock taking hostage several [[Spacehikers|humans]] who were allied with Blaster. {{Storylink|Spacehikers!}}

''Following Optimus Prime's return to life, Blades and the Protectobots were assigned to guard the backup copy of the [[floppy disk]] that had enabled his resurrection, stored at an [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]] warehouse. Alerted to Combaticon activity at [[Rutter U.S. Military Base]], the team was relieved by the Autobot [[Powermaster]]s so they could go and deal with their old rivals. Unfortunately, they were too late to stop the Combaticons' theft of military technology; worse yet, upon their return to the warehouse, they discovered that the Decepticon Powermasters had stolen the disk in their absence. Combining into Defensor, they tried to stop the villains from escaping, but a barrage of fire from the underhanded Combaticons knocked the giant over.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Blades legacy of unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"Wait, I don't have a wea—!" "Don't care." '''BOOM.''']]
In [[2008]], the Decepticons made a severe attack on Autobot-controlled territory on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Blades was part of a series of special units unleashed on the attackers in the war zone. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later, he was briefly seen on a series of monitors being observed by the [[Quintesson]] General [[Ghyrik]], part of a crew of Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had brought to Earth to reclaim the occupied [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
As the Decepticons attacked a series of oil refineries, Blades and the Protectobots formed Defensor to battle Menasor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Blades1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|This is pretty much what he's all about: shooting the crap out of guys who claim they're unarmed.]]
Some years later, Blades was working with a team of Autobots known as the [[Firestormer]]s when they first discovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]].

During [[Nexus Seven|one of their raids]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] hesitated to shoot a [[Outpost B-67 exo-structuring party|Cybertronian]] who said he was weaponless. Blades blasted the Cybertronian, who was in fact reaching for a weapon, and berated Hound for being "soft". {{storylink|War Without End!}} Then, under the influence of [[Shadow parasite|mind parasites]], he tore a Cybertronian's cable out with his [[Andrew Wildman|teeth]] on an unnamed planet in the [[K'tord Nebula]]. Yikes. Once the parasites were identified and removed from both factions, a temporary ceasefire was forced upon them to avoid getting infected once more. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

Blades was later seen among a crew recruited by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] to destroy the Cybertronian flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

That mission ended in failure, but Blades survived the subsequent escape and joined another Grimlock-led team sent to [[Earth]] to back up [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], who had gone in solo against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] damaged his rotors, forcing him to land, which mostly just served to piss him off even more. Though the Decepticons were driven off, they escaped with energies pilfered from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] in hand. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|Blades, Groove, Scattershot, Powerglide and Wheeljack can only watch in horror as [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]] runs his bad boy image right into the ground.]]
Over twenty years after the end of the war, Blades was deployed as part of a security effort above [[Eugenesis Plaza]] on Cybertron as the new Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] gave a speech. Stirred up by Decepticon agents, the crowd turned violent. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

[[File:Destiny5-Warworld.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]
When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' attacked Cybertron, Blades was sent down to track down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] after he didn't answer the call to arms. Finding the "Autobots' Greatest Warrior" in the middle of a vicious duel with his crazed nemesis from the future [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], Blades appraised him of the situation and left with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} to join [[Jetfire (G1)|pretty]] [[Doubleheader|much]] [[Skyhammer (G1)|every]] [[Cloudraker (G1)|other]] [[Dogfight (G1)|Autobot]] [[Crossblades (G1)|flier]] in battling the ''Warworld''. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Following the battle Blades assisted with the clean-up on the surface of Cybertron under the freshly minted Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Later, Blades took part in the assault against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], as part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] under the command of [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. Although they successfully carried out their part of the mission, Jhiaxus was prepared for the Autobots and they were quickly overwhelmed by his reinforcements, forcing Rodimus Prime to surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===The Special Teams===
Blades and the rest of the Protectobots were posted at the [[Pullen Power Plant]] to defend it while its human workers had been evacuated due to the possibility of a landslide in the area. He was the first to spot the Stunticons incoming towards the plant, and warned the other Protectobots of the strange vehicles heading their way. Racing to meet their incoming foes, Blades was surprised to witness these newcomers combine into Menasor. To combat this new threat, the Protectobots merged once more into Defensor. The Decepticons soon found himself losing the battle and disperse, though the storm around them had gotten too bad for the Autobots to give chase. Blades found himself unable to fly due to the heavy winds, and so stayed behind with the rest of the Protectobots to continue their watch over the plant. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Blades-warwithin.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|Blades, you're shooting at the artist!]]
After the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], many of the special teams went into hiding or broke up to continue fighting on different factions. However, the Protectobots, one of the late model specials teams, stuck together in secret. Though officially neutral, Blades and his team deployed to counter the threat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} Blades and the unit joined into Defensor, and attempted to grapple with Devastator hand-to-hand. When it became evident that the two titans were simply causing more damage, the Protectobots split up to deal with Devastator through more subtle means. It was Blades who got the most dangerous assignment of distracting Devastator while his team disabled the rampaging [[Ultracon]] with teamwork. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}}

Some while later, the [[Chaos Trinity]] invaded the Protectobot base. Blades was quick to draw arms, but was defeated by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

In the present era, the Protectobots served the united Cybertronian government under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The Protectobots appeared in their combined form battling [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] when he escaped the [[Detention Banks]], {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} and later joined the revolution alongside the other Autobots against Shockwave and his [[Guardian robot]]s. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the fall of Shockwave, Blades and the Protectobots uncovered the [[Battlecharger]]s at one of his hidden laboratories. They had been critically damaged when the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] clone known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] escaped. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Megatron Origin issue 2|''Megatron Origin'' #2]]}}
[[File:Blades2.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|Blades wants your lunch money. NOW.]]
Millions of years ago on Cybertron, before the war with the Decepticons, Blades was part of an Autobot security force in the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. His squad was tasked with hunting down the renegade operators of gladiatorial contests in the degenerate slum areas of Cybertron, particularly the brutal fighter who would come to be known as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

Blades participated on the raid that ended with the capture of many Decepticons, including Megatron himself. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

When Megatron and many other prisoners escaped, Blades was part of the field team attempting to bring them back under control. He was seen having difficulty contacting other units, as [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] made the decision to bring out his [[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

After the war was over, Blades joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' and was often seen in the ship's bar, [[Swerve's]]. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} At one point, he gleefully helped fight a rampaging [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

When the ''Lost Light'' resumed its voyage after the battle with the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], Blades remained on board. He was seen abandoning the ''Lost Light'' as it collapsed due to quantum irregularities. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} The cause was discovered to be the existence of a quantum duplicate ''Lost Light''—the Blades on board this version of the ship had been slaughtered and had his [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] harvested by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} His corpse presumably vanished with the rest of his ''Lost Light'' when the main ''Lost Light'' crew shut down the duplicate ship's quantum engines. {{storylink|Slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}} He was next seen breaking it down on the dance floor at [[Thunder Clash#2005 IDW continuity|Thunderclash]]'s pre-wake. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}}

[[File:MistakesAndMayhem ProjectileBlades.jpg|upright=1.65|thumb|left|You know that Blades championed this in group chat.]]
When a team was assembled to escort [[Mirage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]] back to Cybertron, Blades volunteered to come with as additional security. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} On arriving, these newly dubbed "Protectobots" were caught up in a battle between the combiners [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], then merged into the new combiner Defensor by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], who wielded the [[Enigma of Combination]] and sought an ally for Superion. Defensor ended up scoring the win by firing Blades off like a projectile straight through Devastator's torso. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} After participating in various further combiner conflicts as Defensor, Blades and the rest of the team separated and returned to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

It took several months, but the Protectobots finally caught up with the ''Lost Light'' on its quest for Cyberutopia. Much had changed. [[Getaway]] was now captain of the ship, and held strict rules about socializing and helping other races on their journey full-pace towards Cyberutopia. Asking around, the Protectobots learned most of the senior staff, including co-captains Rodimus and Megatron, had apparently abandoned the ''Light'' in order to make faster progress on their own. In fact, the regretful [[Riptide (G1)|Riptide]] informed them Getaway had led a mutiny against the captains, abandoning them on [[Necroworld]] to the [[Galactic Council]] and [[Decepticon Justice Division]], then used mnemosurgery to reprogram the crew into believing otherwise. Blades and the others attempted to flee before Getaway did the same to them, but were captured by the security team and placed in an infinite memory loop by [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 1): Full Circle|Full Circle}}

Riptide managed to survive Getaway's attempt to dispose of him, hiding away in the ship until he could rescue the Protectobots. Rook had been killed by Getaway and [[Atomizer]] while they slept, so First Aid suggested they un-entomb [[Ambulon]]'s corpse as a replacement leg for Defensor. At the shuttle bay, Defensor and Thunderclash tried to fight their way through the security team, but Getaway had hired [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] as the new head of security. He blasted Thunderclash and broke apart the unstable combiner with a single swipe of his blade. Hot Spot, Blades, Groove, and Streetwise were dazed enough for Getaway and the others to bring them down with a hail of gunfire. Only First Aid, Riptide, and the seriously injured Thunderclash managed to escape the ship. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

Apparently their injuries weren't as bad as they seemed, as all five Protectobots were perfectly fine as they attended Ultra Magnus' parting toast as the ''Lost Light'' completed its victory lap. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Blades - Bad at Fighting?.jpg|thumb]]
Blades and the Protectobots tracked down Swindle when he stole Metroplex's transforming cog and recovered it from the Combaticons. {{storylink|Bad at Fighting? Rescue Team Protectobots, Dispatch!}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Before the war and well before the [[Protectobot (G1)#Prime Wars Trilogy marketing material|Protectobots]] were a group, Blades served as part of a Cybertronian security program. Most of his fighting skills were picked up busting the illegal gladiator contests that were commonplace in the city of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Blades' bio}}

Upon arriving on Earth,{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Blades' bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot Streetwise's bio}}{{storylink|Source:Combiner Wars pack-in comic bios|Protectobot First Aid's bio}} the protection of humanity - not just from Cybertronian threats, but from ''all'' sources of danger - {{storylink|Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Protectobot Hot Spot's bio}} became the Protectobots' highest priority. {{storylink|Medix (G1)#Toys|Customization class Medix bio}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Blades was presumably present as part of Defensor during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]] in [[Primax 096.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
As the Great War drew to a close, Blades witnessed the terrible last confrontation between Galvatron and Optimus Prime, which ended in the deaths of both faction leaders. He reported this turn of events to [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:TFvsJoe12-rescuebots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|"Argh, I've been [[Blades (RB)#Rescue Bots|kiddified]]!"]]
Blades was a member of the [[Rescuebot]]s, a group of Autobots dedicated to protecting [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], the final remnant of humanity. He formed the right arm of their combined form, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who participated in the battle between the Autobot-Joe forces and the Decepticon army. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Combiner Wars'' cartoon===
Blades was among the Autobot troops who bore witness to a pivotal duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron, one meant to end the war before the never-ending arms race between the two factions spiralled further out of control. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Optimus Prime}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|''Transformers'' #19]]}}
[[File:SeaOfRustII BladesWindblade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|When they're together, the screen EXPLODES with charisma!]]
As the threat of [[The Rise]] grew on Cybertron, Blades was requisitioned from emergency services to serve under [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] from [[Colonial Security]]. Blades and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] formed an integrated air recon unit for the rapid response team Novastar assembled. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} They were called out when known Rise terrorists [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were spotted by a geology unit. Blades attempted to capture Frenzy, but was cut down by the Rise lieutenant, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

Blades' injuries kept him out of action for several missions. In his absence, the government fell to a Decepticon revolution. Novastar's unit (Blades included) relocated to [[Crystal City]] with what remained of the old elected government and those loyal to it. Blades returned to action on a mission to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], where [[Termagax]] was reported to possess the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} Blades provided air cover in the battle that followed, as the Decepticons fought to seize the Enigma first. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}

On their next mission, Blades and Novastar's unit were assigned to deal with the growing [[Insecticon clone|Insecticlone]] swarm. {{storylink|Radical Time}} [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Blades, and Windblade ran interference with the clones outside [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s lair while the others infiltrated the hive and delivered a [[data-bomb]] that reprogrammed the Insecticlones to attack the [[rust worm]]s infesting Cybertron. {{storylink|End of Time}}

===Energon Universe===
Blades fought through the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], at some point having to airlift [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] for some reason. Eventually, he became part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s resistance cell on Cybertron sometime after [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] left aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''.

As the resistance fighters mounted an offensive on the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] in hopes of using it to create a new Autobot, [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]] tasked Blades with airlifting the mangled remains of [[Carly (G1)|Carly]]'s van into the Well. Once he did so, the van acted as the new Autobot's [[alternate mode]], allowing [[Shredhead]] to be born. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Blades and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*Blades and the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Protectobots combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

Blades, alongside [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], responded to an emergency call that was in actuality a trap set by the Decepticons [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Despite the duo's schemes, the Autobots were able to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|False Alarm}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBlades.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] may think he's got a lock on being the only bad-boy Autobot helicopter! Well, I'll show him!"]]
Blades participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Defensor Safeguard" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blades_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Blades arrived on Earth as a refugee from a newly-Unicron-infected Cybertron, warning the remaining earthbound Autobots to attempt no incursions back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Planet Terror}}

Decepticon counterpart: [[Dirge (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Dirge]].

*'''Class:''' Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons:''': Blades dual-wields pistols to attack targets on the ground at short range.
*'''Ability: Safe Zone''' - Drop a hack bomb dealing 69.0 damage in an area. Confuse the targets for 5 seconds (reducing their attack speed to 40% and making them attack your foes). Upgrading this ability increases the damage and duration.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:blades Blades at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Blades was a mischievous member of the Protectobots. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:Bladesg1toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|GET TO DA CHOPPA!]]
*'''Blades''' (Protectobot, [[1986]][[1987|-87]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''P3'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-72'''
**''Accessories'': [[photon pistol]], left & right twin launchers
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Blades transforms to a rescue helicopter resembling a Bell UH-1V Iroquois, also known as a "Huey." He comes with a pair of side-mounted (non-firing) cannons and a small pistol. He is a [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Scramble City]]-style combiner limb, who can form the arm or leg of any such combiner—though he normally forms Defensor's right arm. His fists are unusual in that their post holes are on the side rather than the top, an oddity he shares with [[Groove (G1)#Toys|Groove]] and [[First Aid (G1)#Toys|First Aid]]. A hook-shaped handle on his gun allows him to hold it normally... but only in his right hand.

:The initial release of Blades had a [[die-cast]] metal chest, but like several other 1986 toys, later releases replaced this with red plastic. In 1987, he came packaged with a random Autobot [[Decoy]].

:This mold was also [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1992 (Operation Combination)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Fly-Up]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Blades/blades.htm More information on Generation 1 Blades at TFU.info]''

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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Defensor''' (Gift set, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-76'''
**''Accessories'': photon pistol, left & right "twin launchers"

:All five Protectobots were made available in many markets as a complete [[giftset]] as well as on individual cards/boxes. It is unknown which versions of the toys are in the multipack, metal parts or plastic.

:In 1988, [[GiG]] also re-released the Defensor set in [[Italy]], with five random "Exogini Transformers" ([[Decoy]]s) added.

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*'''Blades''' ([[1991]])
**''Accessories'': photon pistol, left & right twin launchers
[[File:ClassicsBlades-Spanish.jpg|thumb|right]]
:Blades and the other Protectobots were re-released in 1991 as part of the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line.

:This version uses the plastic chest, and his [[rubsign]] indent has been filled in for this release.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:Bladesg2unreleased.jpg|thumb|right|Can't have me!]]
*'''Blades''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P5'''
**''Accessories'': photon pistol, left & right twin launchers
:A ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[redeco]] of Blades in blue and black S.W.A.T.-style deco, as well as the rest of the Protectobots and the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], never made it past the stage of production samples. These toys are among the most exceedingly rare Transformers ever made; only roughly a half-dozen samples of each piece are known to exist.

:G2 Blades was considered for [[BotCon 1994]] before the convention's exclusive toy slot ultimately went to [[Breakdown (G1)#Generation 2|Breakdown]].

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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Bladesuniversevoyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'll kick your ass until he's not blue in the face.]]
*'''Autobot Blades''' (Voyager Class, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, rotor blades, Cyber Key
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Voyager Class toys, "Autobot Blades" is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Evac (Cybertron)#Voyager|Evac]], transforming into a Eurocopter Dauphin rescue helicopter. Printed in very small print around his Autobot symbol (which in turn is integrated into an "Autobot Coastal Rescue" logo) is the Latin phrase "''semper referemus''" (roughly translated as "We will always bring them back").

:He features numerous [[gimmick]]s: His rotor blades spin using a geared push-button, and become a spinning-blade weapon mounted on his [[robot mode]]'s left arm. He has an adjustable [[Retractable string gimmick|tow-hook on a string]], which retracts with the push of a button: this gimmick ends up on his right robot mode arm. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] into his back end (backpack in robot mode) swings around a pair of spring-loaded [[missile]] launchers that double as the helicopter's engine exhausts when not deployed (or loaded with missiles). Finally, his hands are compatible with [[5 mm post]]s. He comes with a clear Cybertron-style Cyber Key with silver paint and a red Autobot symbol, which doesn't match his [[packaging]] [[stock photography]].

:[[Joe Kyde]] originally did a deco sheet (based on a real Coast Guard color scheme for the Dauphin) for an Evac redeco in the 2007 movie toyline. However, this was replaced in the toyline by ''Transformers'' [[Evac (Movie)#Toys|Evac]], a retool of [[Blackout (Movie)#Toys|Blackout]]. [[Bill Rawley]] later utilized the unused deco sheet as the starting point for Universe Blades, which is why the color layout isn't accurate to Blades's classic appearance.

:This mold was also used to make ''Universe'' [[Springer (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Springer]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]''/''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Megatron (SG)#Galvatron|Galvatron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUBlades/blades.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2008) "Autobot Blades" at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Universe-AR-Blades.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|Not the vampire hunter.]]
*'''Aerial Rivals''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''
**''Accessories'': Rotor blade

:[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] "Autobot Blades" is a redeco of [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Evac (Cybertron)#Toys|Evac]], being a ''heavily'' simplified version of his Voyager Class toy. His [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] has a back mounted (non-firing) twin missile launcher (which is carried onto his robot mode), as well as being armed with a rotor blade on his left arm which can rotate, but cannot spin freely. Unlike the Voyager Class version of Blades, the rotor only has two instead of four blades, but on the plus side, his deco is much closer to ''Generation 1'' Blades.

:He was only available in a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] five-pack with Legends Class [[Air Raid (G1)#Universe (2008)|Air Raid]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Universe (2008)|Skydive]], [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Thrust]].

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Whirl (G1)#Classics|Whirl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFULegendsBlades/blades.htm More information on ''Universe'' (2008) Legends Class "Autobot Blades" at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots Blades.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He never should have tried that Rescue Bots cosplay...]]
*'''Protectobots''' (Multi-pack, 2013?)
**''Number'': '''T0??'''
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}
***''Fist strength'': '''262'''
***''Blaster strength'':
***''Sword strength'':
:A redeco of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Vortex (G1)#Bot Shots|Vortex]], "Protectobot Blades" automatically transforms from attack helicopter to robot when a sharp impact is applied to his front end. He was to be sold in a five-pack with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Hot Spot]], [[First Aid (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot First Aid]], [[Groove (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)#Bot Shots|Protectobot Streetsmart]], but this never saw release.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Blades.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This is what happens if you boil your Spinister for too long.]]
*'''Defensor''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
**''Set number'': '''A4474'''
**''Pieces'': '''85'''
**''Accessories'': Constructed gun
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

:Blades comes as part of the [[Defensor (G1)#Kre-O|Defensor]] [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set, and can be rebuilt from his robot mode into a helicopter. He comes with fellow [[Kreon]]s [[Hot Spot (G1)#Kre-O|Hot Spot]], [[First Aid (G1)#Kre-O|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)#Kre-O|Streetsmart]] and can contribute his bricks to form Defensor with them. He reuses many of the parts originally used for [[Spinister (G1)#Kre-O|Spinister]], including [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mirage]]'s helmet and [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O|Vortex]]'s rotors.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OBlades/blades.htm More information on ''Kre-O'' Blades at TFU.info]''

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===''Transformers'' (2014)===
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[[File:Transformers-2014-Protectobots-Evac-Squad-blades.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|So would he be Fly-Blades or Blades-Up?]]
*'''Protectobots Evac Squad''' (two-pack, [[2014]])
:"Protectobot Blades" is a blue and white redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Deluxe Class [[Blazemaster]], transforming into a Eurocopter Dauphin helicopter. His color scheme resembles that of [[Fly-Up]].

:Blades is only available in a two-pack with [[Hot Spot (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Hot Spot]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDBlades/blades.htm More information on 2014 Blades at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-Blades.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Yes. He's a rescue helicopter equipped with missiles.]]
*'''Protectobot Blades''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])
**'''1 of 5: [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' subline imprint of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']], Blades is a retool of [[Alpha Bravo#Toys|Alpha Bravo]] featuring a new deco and head. As such, he transforms into either a helicopter or a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager Class figure or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although he would normally be associated with [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]].

:''Combiner Wars'' Blades sports the same "Autobot Coastal Rescue" logo previously found on his ''Universe'' Voyager Class toy.

:In the United States, Australia, and Hasbro's Asian markets, a copy of "''Combiner Wars'' #11" (actually [[Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|''The Transformers'' #35]] with a new cover) is [[pack-in material|included]] with Blades. In Canada, Latin America, and Europe, the comic is omitted and replaced with a collector card featuring artwork from the "[[To the Rescue]]" episode of the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Blades was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref>
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-Unite-Warriors-UW03-Graze-(Blades).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_CCRlGKJg Lt. Crank!]"]]
*'''Guardian''' (giftset, [[December 12]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''English name:'' '''Defensor'''
**''Accessories'': Gun, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration of "Guardian" was sold in a gift set including the five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (CW)#toys|Rook]]. The deco of "Graze" is changed to be closer to his original [[character model]] by coloring his arms and more of his helicopter mode white and removing the silver paint from his chest.

:''Unite Warriors'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than being a regular release. Preorders were open from [[May 25]] to [[July 6]], and it was shipped December 2015.
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==Merchandise==
===''G Guardian''===
*'''Graze''' (Candy toy, [[2012]])[[File:Kabayablades.jpg|thumb|250px|Having a hoodie made Blades more gangster]]
:Graze is a snap-together [[candy toy]] model kit produced by [[Kabaya]] for their ''[[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]]'' series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. He can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]]. He, along with First Aid, Groove, and Streetwise, can also combine with Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' Hot Spot to form [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]. G Guardian's [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Guardian to create [[God Guardian]].

:Like most of his ''G Guardian'' teammates, Blades manages to avoid the [[Partformer|partforming]] that's commonly associated with Kabaya kits, being able to fully transform from robot to helicopter and back without requiring any disassembly.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Bruticus and Defensor.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Guardian & Bruticus Set''' ([[December]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''71 & 72'''

:Released as part of the tenth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of "[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]" (with his components Blades, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Groove (G1)|Groove]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]) and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (with ''his'' components [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#71|Translation of Defensor's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
*According to an essay by [[Jon Hartman|Jon]] and [[Karl Hartman]] in [[Fumihiko Akiyama]]'s unofficial [[Unofficial guidebooks|''BotCon Legends: Ten Years' Chronology'']] fanzine, the ''Generation 2'' version of Blades was one of the brothers' top two choices for a [[BotCon 1994]] exclusive. Ultimately, however, they went with [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] instead.
*Coincidentally or not, most modern toys of Blades happen to have the same alternate mode, an Aerospatiale/Eurocopter Dauphin.
*For his appearance in ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'', Blades uses a body design of the [[Blades (RB)#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots character]], only cast in his traditional G1 colors.
*Blades's design in the [[2019 IDW continuity|2019-2022 IDW comics]] is an original interpretation by [[Anna Malkova]] of his [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' toy]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=ok, look, Blades has a tough life! Based him on a Tf Universe toy, because of his riff with Windblade i thought it'd be fun if their looks were somewhat similar, but Joana colored him more to the tune of CW one and at this point, just, wait till he comes back, we'll sort it out!|link=https://twitter.com/Anna__Malkova/status/1405586233246552070|name=Anna Malkova|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref> In [[Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|''Transformers'' #21]], [[Joana Lafuente]] colored him after the [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' vehicle mode]], but in later issues he is colored according to the relevant ''Universe'' vehicle mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Graze''' (グレイズ ''Gureizu'')
*''French:'' '''Hélicopto''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Rasor'''
*''Korean:'' '''Blades''' (블레이즈 ''Beulleijeu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dāorèn''' (刀刃, "Blade")
*''Russian:'' '''Porez''' (Порез, "Cut")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
G2BladesArt.jpg|Unused ''Generation 2'' packaging art
File:Dreamwave-The War Within-Blades First Aid-Figueroa.jpg|Dreamwave ''The War Within'' Cybertronian design
File:CW Blades cvr.jpg|''Combiner Wars'' comic packaging art
File:EW-skin-Blades-G2.jpg|''Earth Wars'' ''Generation 2''-themed skin
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=1170&size=0&start=0 Gallery] of unreleased MOSC Generation 2 Blades

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Blackout (Movie)

2025-09-09T02:20:55Z

Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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{{disambig3.5|the Decepticon helicopter from the first live-action movie|the Decepticon helicopter from ''Revenge of the Fallen''|Grindor (ROTF)|Blackout}}
:''Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers (2007 franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:MovieBlackoutHeatScrambleCard57.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|He would appreciate you not trying to shoot him in the crotch. Really, he would.]]

The massive '''Blackout''' (aka '''N.B.E. 23'''{{fact}}) has been described as the "hound" of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In better days, he was always to be found looming powerful and silent behind his leader's right shoulder. When given a target, he hunts it down with fierce determination.

Blackout is not happy with the progress [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is making towards finding the missing Decepticon leader. He suspects (quite rightly) that Starscream would prefer Megatron to stay lost. Blackout is openly mutinous and will challenge Starscream's leadership at any opportunity, not for his own sake, but to better serve his ultimate goal of finding his lost master.

Blackout has a sneaky side and uses his [[Symbiote|symbiotic]] companion [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s small size to great advantage.

{{quote|All hail Megatron!|Blackout|''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' film===
[[File:Movie Blackout Raptors.jpg|201px|thumb|This race sucks.]]
Blackout flew into the airspace of [[United States military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and refused to identify himself, prompting base commander [[Sharp|Colonel Sharp]] to dispatch two {{w|F-22 Raptors}} to escort the Decepticon into their base. One of the Raptors reported that Blackout had the registry number of 4500X on his vertical stabilizer, the number of the helicopter Blackout had scanned and destroyed three months earlier in Afghanistan.

[[File:Movie Blackout SOCCENTAttack1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|All your base are belong to us.]]
Once landed, Blackout was surrounded by the soldiers stationed at the base and ordered to power down and disembark his crew, or deadly force would be used. Seeing no reason to hide himself any further, Blackout transformed under a hail of automatic weapons fire from the shocked humans. Activating his heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, Blackout made quick work of the soldiers closest to him, then unleashed a massive shock wave that killed the rest of the troops and shattered their vehicles and the windows of the operations control tower. Blackout made his way around the base, tossing tanks aside, crushing soldiers underfoot and blowing up aircraft. Eventually, he reached the operations bunker and tore off the roof to link up with their server and download its files in an attempt to find information on [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Ice Man]]. Unfortunately, the base commander intervened, cutting the physical hard line of the server, severing Blackout's connection and thwarting the primary objective of his mission.

[[File:Movie Blackout holoavatar.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Watch me twirl my [[Moustache Man|moustache]] as I contemplate the destruction of Earth.]]
Still, Blackout carried out his second objective—the destruction of the human base. As he proceeded, [[Robert Epps|a human soldier]] was nearly crushed. Instinctively, the soldier recorded images of Blackout, the Decepticon indulging this brief moment of curiosity by looking straight back at the human. Blackout then activated a chest-mounted laser cannon to put the fleshling out of its misery, but before he could do so, he was struck by a grenade fired by [[Jorge Figueroa|another soldier]], and the human made his escape. Enraged, Blackout fired flare countermeasures into the sky to confuse any other attempts to attack him, then ejected Scorponok from his back and sent his minion to track the [[William Lennox|fleeing]] [[Patrick Donnelly|soldiers]]. Blackout then turned his attention and his weapons back to the rest of the base, eventually destroying it, leaving no survivors.

Evidently, after the attack, Blackout flew back to the [[United States of America|United States]], as he was in the vicinity when [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported the discovery of AllSpark's location and Starscream ordered their forces to mobilize. Blackout was the last to acknowledge the order, then rallied in Megatron's name, perhaps to remind Starscream who his master was.

[[File:Blackout is going to kill you.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Point that thing someplace else!]]
Blackout arrived at [[Mission City]] just as the final battle was getting underway. Megatron's order of "Decepticons attack" must have been music to his ears, and he followed his master's commands whole heartedly. He attempted to block [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]]'s path as the boy was trying to get away with the AllSpark, before he was attacked by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Autobot threw a car at Blackout, who fired his laser cannon to destroy the vehicle and knock Ironhide over. He flew ahead of ladiesman217, attempting to use his rotor weapon to kill him, but the human managed to dodge this attack.

[[File:Blackout movie dead.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|MY CROTCH! MY EVIL CROTCH!!!]]
Blackout withdrew from the battle for a few moments, but returned as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron fought. Seeing his master under attack, Blackout activated his hand-held rotor weapon and prepared to come to defense of his lord, but soldiers—including survivors of the SOCCENT base attack—attempted to stop him by painting him with targeting lasers for friendly F-22 Raptors to fire upon. As Blackout activated his cannon, he noticed the lasers targeted on him. Underestimating the fighting spirit and desire for vengeance of the humans, Blackout tried to finish them off until Captain Lennox, using an abandoned motorcycle, charged at him and fired a sabot round into his crotch (ouch), as F-22s pounded the Decepticon with missiles, extinguishing his [[spark]].

Blackout's remains were later dumped in the <s>deepest</s> ''second'' deepest part of the ocean—the [[Laurentian Abyss]]—along with his fellow dead Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Blackout's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Meet the Decepticons]]."}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===
Blackout had spent thousands of years searching for Megatron and the AllSpark under Starscream aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. While Starscream was hoping not to find Megatron, Blackout was working against him in hopes of restoring the former leader. Upon discovering [[Ghost 1|a vessel similar to Megatron's alternate mode]], Blackout became convinced that Megatron was nearby. However, the Autobots arrived in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to investigate the ship, and Starscream ordered the Decepticons to wait while he investigated the alien ship. Growing impatient, Blackout convinced [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] to join him in an attack on the Autobots. Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy ganged up on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but he managed to defeat them, forcing Blackout to call for a retreat. After Prime headed to investigate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s disappearance, Starscream ordered them to attack, and Bonecrusher was given command. Blackout, however, was able to sneak Scorponok on board the ''Ark''.

After Starscream returned, Blackout demanded answers. Starscream claimed that Prime and Bumblebee were killed by indigenous worms, while the alien ship was destroyed when it fell into a cavern. Blackout, unconvinced, challenged Starscream, but was seriously damaged, and had to be taken back to the ''Nemesis''. However, Prime, Bumblebee, and the ship appeared soon after. When Starscream ordered the Decepticons to destroy the ship, Blackout demanded answers, which Bonecrusher and Barricade agreed to. However, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to force Scorponok off the ''Ark'', and Blackout, still healing, sped to his rescue. What a pal. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Defiance2 Blackout spacebattle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|In space, EVERYONE hears HIM!]]

In the distant past, Blackout was a member of the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]]. During an attack by unknown aliens on the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], he could be seen picking up a wrecked enemy tank. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} In the aftermath of the attack, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] consulted with [[The Fallen|the mysterious relic]] dug up near [[Simfur]] and (essentially) declared a military dictatorship over Cybertron. Blackout followed Megatron and the other flight-capable soldiers into battle, using his special powers to disrupt the enemy flagship's targeting array. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

After science division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] survived an attempted kidnapping by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s squadron, Megatron declared the scientist and his followers traitors, and reformed the army under a new banner: the Decepticons. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Movie BlackoutStarscream protoforms.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An ominous rumble is Blackout's only response...]]

During the subsequent civil war, Blackout fought alongside Megatron, until his master ordered 'this loyal hound' to assist Starscream's unit in keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s forces busy, while Megatron pursued his destiny. Arriving soon after [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] delivered news of Megatron's location, Blackout and Starscream witnessed the successful Autobot launch of the [[AllSpark]]. Blackout restrained Starscream from going after it, the pair nearly coming to blows when Blackout launched Scorponok from his chest. Fortunately, Starscream calmed down, and after witnessing Megatron leave the planet himself, the group took on protoform transition forms and followed. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

Meanwhile, Starscream crew ''also'' went after Optimus Prime's starship in a Decepticon battlecruiser. Just before launch, Blackout listened to Barricade's not-so-quiet concerns that Starscream wasn't telling them everything. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they were led into a trap by the Autobots, and their ship (and Starscream's advance scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]) was crippled by concussion chain mines. Blackout gave a detailed damage report when ordered but was berated for giving his observation on what had occurred, and was ordered to despatch Scorponok to retrieve Dreadwing.

[[File:Movie Blackout IDWprequel camoflageenabled.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Apparently the crew of military helicopters don't count as "witnesses".]]

After making repairs to their ship, the Decepticons followed the AllSpark's trace energy and landed on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} There, they destroyed a primitive [[Beagle 2 Rover|human rover scout]] and decided to investigate the nearby third planet of this solar system. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

Making planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan in 2003, Blackout attracted the attention of a military vehicle of the local creatures. Witnessing the ease with which [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] destroyed the carrier, Starscream pondered that Megatron would have been able to subjugate these beings if he was able to. Blackout replied that they needed to find out why he hadn't yet. Starscream's unit then attacked the nearby air base where Blackout scanned and adopted the form of an {{w|MH-53 Pave Low}} helicopter, then easily hacked into the files of the human computers. Inside, he found files on something called 'Project: Iceman', which he suspected was related to Megatron. After the base's destruction, Blackout and the others split up. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Blackout scanned ''another'' USAF MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, but apparently was not detected by the humans, nor caused any casualties, in contrast to Starscream and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. When Starscream told the Decepticons that their mission was to find the AllSpark, Blackout reminded Starscream that they must also find Megatron.

[[File:Movie Blackout TargetPrequel continuityheadache.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Beware, Qatar! Beware! Muhahahahahaha!]]

Later, after being lured into a trap intended for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] set by a group of impressively equipped humans, Blackout attacked the organisation's bunker and attempted to hack into their main server, but failed after they disconnected their local systems. The only lead he got was a name...[[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} A few years later, Blackout headed towards [[Qatar]], intent on attacking a military base similar to the first one he and his comrades attacked in hopes that accessing the information there could connect his past findings. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

{{note|In several instances, "Planetfall" contradicts both [[Movie Prequel issue 4|issue #4]] of IDW's ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' mini-series as well as the movie ''itself'' with regards to where and when Blackout and the Decepticons arrived on Earth; they landed in the United States during 2003 in the Prequel mini. In "Planetfall", Blackout immediately leaves for Qatar after the attack, whereas in the movie itself, he assumed the form three months before attacking the SOCCENT base. However, this sequence was subsequently used in ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.}}

In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Blackout's corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organization brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they could out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Stepanek]] (English)}}
{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

===Titan movie comics===
During the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blackout preferred to sow confusion and disarray before he attacked, rather than engage in direct confrontation and risk being killed. He would only go into ground battles under cover of loud noise and pyrotechnics (which he himself caused with his devastating sonic shriek emitters). Unfortunately for him, this meant he kept getting stuck leading the ''first wave'' of attacks! To protect himself, he used an army of drone troopers (presumably [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponoks]]) to draw enemy fire. These drones were called "the swarm" and Blackout deliberately encouraged rumours about them so their arrival would strike fear into the hearts of enemies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Blackout Profile}} Despite being a coward at heart, he began to ''revel'' in the chaos and carnage he was causing, even if the odd Decepticon ended up as collateral damage! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Jazz V. Blackout}}

Half an hour after his death and before his body was dumped in the sea, Blackout was briefly turned into a rampaging zombie by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

====Alternate timeline====
[[File:Barricadeblackoutandfriends-DarkSpark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In a [[Tyran 208.28 Gamma|divergent timeline]], the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Blackout assaulted an Autobot convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] as part of a general terror campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Later, he was a key part in a Decepticon ambush, appearing from nowhere to blankside Autobot ground troops. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Blackout was one of the [[Decepticon Heartland]] generals, and had to report the grim news to Starscream of just how badly [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] had gummed up their advance. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part Two}} By the time the battle reached him in Philadelphia, he was commanding the only Decepticon force left standing. He rejected an offer to defect to Stockade's team, defiantly saying this planet was ''theirs'', and sicced Scorponok on him. Scorponok failed and Blackout went down. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===''I Can Read!'' books===
[[File:RatchettakesonDecepticons-RttR.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.0|left]]
Blackout, [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] were at a sea-side dock when they encountered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Decepticons attempted to attack, but were held off by an electrical attack courtesy of Ratchet, allowing the Autobots to escape. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}
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===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
[[File:BWDS 12.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
At some point, Blackout and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different [[Earth]], in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who were engaged in a conflict called the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{Storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} Blackout joined forces with the Predacons. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} With the combined might of both Predacon and Decepticon, they attempted one all-out attack, but the combined Autobot-Maximal force attacked with their own first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===Toy bios===
[[File:StudioSeries-Blackout-art.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Blackout is extremely disciplined, and as such keeps his bodywork pristine. {{storylink|#Premium|Premium Series Blackout}} He is incredibly single-minded in pursuing his quarry. {{storylink|#Titanium Series|Titanium Series Blackout}}

Besides Scorponok, Blackout has fought alongside [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] for untold years, leaving nothing but devastated worlds in their wake as they searched for the AllSpark. {{storylink|#Unleashed|Unleashed}}

Ratchet and Blackout are apparently total opposites. {{storylink|#Titanium Series 2|Rescue Ratchet Vs. Blackout}} At some point, Blackout had a knock-down, drag-out fight with Ironhide, possibly in a desert. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Ironhide Vs Desert Blackout}} He may have also once gotten into a fight where Optimus Prime deployed twin forearm swords. {{storylink|#Robot Heroes 2|Optimus Prime and Blackout}}

Together with Scorponok, Blackout would seek out and annihilate Megatron's enemies, leaving no witnesses to his passing. He preferred to destroy everything around him because he did not want anything that could benefit the enemy to survive his assaults. {{storylink|#Dark of the Moon|Cyberverse Blackout}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel''===
Blackout captured the car carrying [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]], [[Leo Spitz|Leo]] and [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and dropped it into an [[Broadwater Metal Works|abandoned factory]]. Later, he joined Megatron and Starscream to take on Optimus Prime. Optimus managed to stab Blackout, seemingly killing him. While Optimus was busy with Blackout, Megatron took this opportunity to impale Optimus, gravely injuring him.{{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel}}
{{Note|Blackout replaces Grindor in this version of the story.}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
The body of either Blackout or Grindor was among the Decepticon corpses waiting to be melted down at the [[N.E.S.T. N.B.E. Resource Redistribution Plant]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Blackout was one of the many Decepticons who pursued the AllSpark to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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==Games==
===''Sector Seven'' game===
[[File:S7 game blackout bravo team.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
{{charstubgame}}
{{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===''Transformers'' The Game (console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Noah Nelson]] (English)|[[Martial Le Minoux]] (French), [[Javier Gámir]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

====Autobot campaign====
During the battle of Mission City, Blackout suffered a humiliating defeat from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], even though he had help from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and two [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwings]]. That's got be the most humiliating thing for any of the characters in the videogame, losing to somebody a third of his size. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
[[File:VGBlackoutE1M3Intro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Time for a cool...Pepsi?]]
Blackout and Scorponok were sent to the SOCCENT Base to destroy the human military installation there and download information from the military servers on the location of the [[AllSpark]]. The pair were successful, though Blackout's escape was briefly interrupted by the arrival of a squad of human jet fighters. After blasting them to tiny bits, he made good his escape.

Blackout arrived at [[Hoover Dam]], where his scans failed to detect the energy signatures of Megatron or the AllSpark. Starscream ordered him to break the dam piece by piece. Blackout fired a pair of missiles and fought off a squad of [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot sports car drones]] that were defending the installation. As Megatron emerged, he bowed before his lord. He then followed the newly revived Megatron to [[Mission City]], where he engaged in a final showdown with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who had just punted Scorponok. The Autobot warhorse certainly gave the massive Decepticon a run for his money. The huge number of Autobot drones backing Ironhide up didn't make things any easier.

During Megatron's battle with Optimus Prime, Blackout attempted to assist his master by charging Prime. Prime punched the massive Decepticon, sending him flying. How embarrassing. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}
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===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
Dispatched to [[Qatar]], Blackout attempted to download data from a United States military base in the region that would lead the Decepticons to Megatron and the AllSpark only for the humans to cut off the power. After a failed attempt at downloading data from auxiliary sites, [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] arrived to reinforce Blackout against the remaining US military presence but quickly jetted off to raise a [[drone]] army.

Continuing his campaign against the US military, when reinforcements came, Blackout noted to Shockwave that the Autobots had managed to shut down the Decepticons' drones, though he was confident that the two of them could defeat the US army on their own. Validating that belief, Blackout then flew to the [[Hoover Dam]], where Megatron was held, backing up Starscream's efforts to disable the Dam's [[force field]]. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
As Jazz retrieved Sector 7 vehicles for Optimus Prime, he happened upon their helicopter, which to his surprise turned out to be Blackout. The two battled at Tranqulity's power plant, where Jazz managed to defeat him. Humiliated, he transformed and flew away.

Blackout made his presence felt again as Bumblebee raced back to Tranquility carrying the AllSpark with him. He chased Bumblebee through the streets until he was intercepted on a rooftop by Ratchet, who put an end to his menace for good. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
Blackout was among the Megatron loyalists on Earth following Barricade's lead who chafed under Starscream's leadership. After Barricade and [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|a low-ranking soldier]] determined they needed to obtain a file in Qatar, Barricade arranged for Blackout to transport the rookie to the base on the other side of the world. They met up with Brawl, who was happy to see Blackout again after they caused a ruckus at Tyger Pax some years ago. Neither Blackout or Brawl were pleased to be under the young 'bot's command on Starscream's orders, though Blackout was mature enough to not fall to bickering like Brawl and defused an argument between them. Blackout was sent out to destroy the communications arrays in the Qatar SOCCENT military base. When the task was completed, he returned for more orders. Soon after, the Decepticons encountered an Autobot strike team led by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who appeared at the base to stop them from blowing the hell out of everything. While the rookie fought Ratchet, Blackout and Brawl fended off his followers.

Their work in Qatar complete, Blackout and the Decepticons returned to Tranquility to report to Barricade. Blackout reported that Autobots were arriving in the city and that Sector 7 was setting up some heavy weaponry to go after the Decepticons with. While the rookie was sent to deal with it, Blackout then confided in Barricade and Brawl that he'd found evidence confirming that the humans had access to a Cybertronian energy source. Blackout helped provide cover for Barricade while he cracked the files they'd gathered, but then reported that Optimus Prime himself was on his way with more Autobot reinforcements. Later, Blackout bore witness as Barricade decried Starscream as a backstabbing weasel, finally giving the rookie a crash course on why they were loyal to Megatron.

The crew made their way to Hoover Dam to free Megatron, as Barricade had long since deduced that Megatron was the only Decepticon Starscream would put this much effort into finding. However, the group was taken aback to learn that Sector 7 had the AllSpark as well, but accepted the rookie as their own once he made clear he was joining Team Megatron for good. Dropping off some bombs for Brawl to set, Blackout and the other Decepticons attempted to blow up the Dam to simultaneously release Megatron and thaw him out, but were thwarted by Jazz and his drones. Their heroic attempts were for naught, as Megatron managed to escape anyway while Blackout and Barricade retrieved Megatron's weapons chip. Afterwards, they encountered their leader and reactivated his weapons. After Megatron's charismatic speech, they set out to [[Tranquility]], where Megatron declared all-out war and unleashed his troops, Blackout included, to capture the AllSpark and defeat Starscream and the Autobots once and for all.

Blackout arrived just as Starscream killed Bumblebee to claim the AllSpark. He ordered Starscream to surrender in the name of Megatron... just in time to be blasted to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by an AllSpark-powered Starscream with a single blast. That's still slightly less embarrassing than being beaten by a half-dead Jazz.

After Starscream was defeated, the rookie expressed remorse that Blackout and the others had all fallen in the battle, but Megatron dismissed his slain troops as weaknesses that needed to be purged.{{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

===''Web Wars''===
[[File:Blackout Web Wars.jpg|thumb|150px]]
Blackout battled the Autobots across the digital frontier, vying to wrestle control of numerous websites across the internet from their hands! {{storylink|Web Wars}}

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}}}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Blackout spoiled any chance some guy had at impressing his lady-friend by making him screech like a banshee, and then blasting his car to scrap. Bummer. {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#General Motors|Transformers Chevy tie-in commercial}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[File:Movie Blackout Legends toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I have no fingers? You did this, Starscream!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (Legends Class, [[2007]])}}</ul>

:A much smaller and highly simplified version of the character, Legends Blackout features limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of a Sikorsky {{w|MH-53 Pave Low|MH-53 Pave Low}} heavy-lift helicopter (the placement of the fuel tanks, in particular making him look more like a {{w|CH-53 Sea Stallion}}). Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character's chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode's cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters. Curiously, the instructions on the back of the card show how to transform him from his alt-mode to his robot mode, which is the reverse of the rest of the Legends Class packaging.

:This toy was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and [[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/LegendsBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Legends Blackout at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Movie Legends Ironhide DesertBlackout.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hey, look! It's Grindor! Stop! That is so dumb! Do something else!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Ironhide vs. Desert Blackout''' ("Allspark Battles" Legends Class two-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Desert Blackout is a tan redeco of the previously released Legends Blackout toy. He comes with an all-new Legends Class Ironhide. Oddly, he doesn't have a faction symbol anywhere on his body.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/LegendsBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Desert Blackout at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:TF07-Blackout.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|The largest Transformer in the film. Ironically, one of the smallest Voyager-class toys ''ever''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (Voyager Class, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''MD-01'''
:*''Accessories:'' Rotor assembly, Scorponok mini-figure
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}

: Released in the first wave of [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Voyager Class figures, Blackout transforms into a licensed MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, though he has a rather [[Show-accuracy|film-inaccurate]] slate grey base colour and a totally random gold radome. An aft "cage" compartment has a button-activated latch to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. A plunger on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok's claws, though with the added gears, the momentum dies out instantly.

: The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to ''vaguely'' represent the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he wields in the film. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Blackout is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, being barely taller than a Deluxe figure.

: During transformation, Blackout's delicate [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs—if you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit.

: It is ''very'' easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does ''not'' ''un''lock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so will likely misalign your Blackout into oblivion.

:Unfortunately, Blackout's most major [[design flaw]] resides in his shoulders; there is not enough clearance for them to move past the cockpit assembly due to the tabs catching on the inner molded details. This means that the pieces have to be flexed past each other, which can often result in a myriad of damages to your figure if you're not careful.

: Coincidentally, the two hard points located on Blackout's shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] figures.

: His head and overall appearance is more accurate to the concept art [http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_35.html]

: This mold was also used to make [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] for the ''AllSpark Power'' refresh of the movie toyline, and was then redecoed into [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] for ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', while the original Blackout tooling was redecoed into [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] for the same line.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm More information on Voyager Blackout at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok's two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Desert Attack''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores around the world. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains two Scorponok toys in different sizes.

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[[File:MovieVoyager Blackout4500X.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout Ver. 4500X''' (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure, Autobot and Decepticon pins

: This Voyager class Blackout repaint is exclusive to the Lawson Japan convenience store chain, with the purchase of the movie DVD. He is redecoed in a somewhat more realistic color scheme for vehicle mode, 4500X markings and a drastically changed plastic color scheme in robot mode (many parts once black are now silver or the same colour as his helicopter hull). Additionally, the mini-Scorponok figurine has been repainted in metallic colours and detailed to resemble the deluxe-class toy (and the movie CG design, of course).

:Also included a set of two brass Autobot and Decepticon insignia pins.

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[[File:Movie Blackout PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|NOW the size is perfect.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, USA [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

: This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy is based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive "Version 4500X" redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys were almost ''identical'', the main difference being that the paint used on Version 4500X's is more matte than the paint used on the Premium Series release.

: Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Blackout was available as a mass market release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm More information on Premium Series Blackout at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Unleashed y Voyager''' (2007)}}</ul>

:Voyager Class Blackout was also available in a two-pack with ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)#Collector items|Unleashed]]'' [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#MexicoUnleashed|Bumblebee]] in Mexican markets. Both items are identical to their standard original releases.

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[[File:ACG-HK-2008-Transformers-Commemorative-Box-Set.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Transformers Commemorative Box Set (Decepticon)''' (2008)}}</ul>

:Released an an exclusive for Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong (ACG, also known as Ani-Con) 2008, The ''Premium Series'' Blackout toy is released without any changes along with [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#PremiumLeader|''Premium Series'' Megatron]], [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Premium|''Premium'' Barricade]], [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#DeepSpace|Deep Space Starscream]], and a [[Brawl (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Brawl]]. The toys are packaged with a synthetic, leather-like box with a half-trimmed Decepticon Symbol, and it comes with a sheet of Certificate of Authenticity.

:The boxsets are limited to 100 pieces.
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====''Fast Action Battlers''====
[[File:Movie FAB Blackout.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|... Brownout?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Gyro Blade Blackout''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Missile

:A simplified version of Blackout, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Blackout's head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.

:This toy was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].
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===''Dark of the Moon''===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[File:Blackout DOTM Cyberverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|At long last, not grossly undersized compared to his teammates!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (Cyberverse Commander Class, [[2011]])}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''1'''
:*''Number:'' '''005'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''CV15'''
:*''Accessories:'' [[Scorponok (Movie)#Cyberverse|Scorponok]]
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Blackout is a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class figure, featuring a surprisingly complex transformation into yet another Sikorsky Pave Low. Curiously, despite the development of this toy after two live-action movies, his robot mode appears to have the same preproduction feet as the larger and earlier toys. Since his left arm ends up having the Pave Low's tail rotor, Blackout is able to use it as a weapon if one chooses and hold either Scorponok or any [[C joint]] accessory with his hands.

:He is mis-transformed in the package to better fit inside it, with the helicopter panels to his sides being spread out instead of being aligned parallel to his body, thus he appears that way in official photos.

:Blackout includes his symbiotic partner Scorponok, who has some minor tail articulation and transforms into a hand-held blaster weapon for Blackout (or any other Cyberverse figure with the appropriate hands). Scorponok can also be carried along on the underside of Blackout's vehicle-mode tail. Though unmentioned in the instructions, Scorponok can also peg into the (otherwise pointless) peg on the back of Blackout's robot mode, just under his rotor blades, mimicking the way he was stored and ejected off of Blackout in the movie.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm More information on Cyberverse Blackout at TFU.info]''

===''The Last Knight''===
[[File:TF-TLK-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Blackout.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Annnnnnd we're back.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blackout''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''1'''
:*''Bag Code'': '''G'''

:Released in Series 1 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Blackout changes from robot to an unlicensed approximation of the MH53 Pave-Low Helicopter. He features ball-jointed shoulders and his hands are compatible with ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' weapons and other small accessories. Blind-bags stamped with 'G' contain Blackout.

:This toy has also been redecoed as [[Chopter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)#ChopperTTC|Chopper Mode Dropkick]].
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:StudioSeries-08-MV1-Leader-Blackout.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Grindor redeco in 3, 2, [[Grindor (ROTF)#Studio Series|1...]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blackout''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number:'' '''08'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''SS-08'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 28]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': Tail rotor, [[Scorponok (Movie)#Studio Series|Scorponok]] figure, "[[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|Desert Base]] Assault" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[Studio Series]]'' "Decepticon Blackout" is the first Leader Class version of the character, with slight fudging of the normal limits in size to produce a robot mode roughly in-[[scale]] with other ''Studio Series'' toys. He features a fairly complex transformation involving lots of panels folding away without feeling too much like a [[shellformer]]. His name is tampographed onto livery bands of the tail. A Decepticon emblem is also tampoed just below the windscreen on the nose. Non-spinning landing gear is attached to the back half of the compartment section and the nose, but they can't be folded away in vehicle mode due to lack of space. While stock photos appear to be a more military accurate gunmetal color, the final release version is a slightly bluer shade, but not as much as earlier toys.

:In vehicle mode, Blackout appears as an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter with a mostly screen-accurate deco, including the 4500X designation marking, USAF emblems, and danger warnings near the propellers. His robot mode is bulky and mostly accurate to his onscreen appearances, including details like the helicopter engine behind his head that previous versions omitted. His tail rotor can be attached to either forearm to simulate his weapon from the movie, though on-screen this used the larger propeller from his back. The refueling probe, often mistaken for a gun, can also flip up as his non-firing chest cannon in robot mode.

:A tiny, surprisingly well-decoed Scorponok is included which can hide in the tail section of the helicopter mode. Scorponok can also be stored on a small peg on his back. Scorponok's feet are aligned in such a way that, when pegged onto Blackout's back, he will hold the two innermost blades in place securely to prevent the propeller assembly from swinging freely. However, Scorponok has to be pegged with his head pointing down, instead of up as the instructions suggest, to do this without deforming the soft plastic rotors.

:Blackout comes with a cardboard backdrop depicting the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] under siege, as shown in the opening of ''Transformers''.

:It's quite common for Blackout to have at least one Air Force logo on his helicopter mode tail printed upside down. There's no way to check for this error while the figure is still in its packaging, since the logos end up on Blackout's obscured soles. Also, as the panels containing the USAF emblems end up as the bottoms of his feet in robot mode, they can get scratched rather easily.

:Exercise caution if your copy has misplaced pegs that connect the shoulders and the torso. Do NOT use force if the pegs do not properly line up with the slots, as the force will eventually cause the thin plastic to break.

:Blackout is slightly mistransformed in packaging with his refueling probe being folded flat against his body and his digitigrade legs and leg details also flattened. His lower back/helicopter tail area panel is also left hanging down to keep him as flat as possible in package.

:Blackout was slightly retooled to make [[Grindor (ROTF)#Studio Series|Grindor]], with a new [[Ravage (ROTF)#Studio Series|Ravage]] mini-partner.

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[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Hasbro-TaoBao-exclusive-Blackout.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well played, HasTak. Now paint it in black and purple and call it ROTF Spinister.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blackout''' (Giveaway figure, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''08'''
:*''Accessories'': Tail rotor, Scorponok, "Desert Base Assault" backdrop

:Decepticon Blackout is a redeco of the above figure. He is an exclusive Lucky Draw prize in a contest only accessible to people who bought ''Studio Series'' figures on May 15, 2018, on Hasbro China's official Taobao online shop. There were only 88 Blackouts made. While he is decoed in the same colours as most of his previously-released toys, Blackout also features a less-than-accurate camouflage deco painted by Chinese artist Li Yunfeng of SangZong Repaint Studio.

:The warning sticker on the packaging notes that fiddling and transforming him may result in the deco being chipped off.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''''Transformers'' 15th Anniversary Decepticon Multipack''' (Multi-pack, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
:*''ID number'': '''08'''
:*''Accessories'': Tail rotor, Scorponok figure, "Decepticon AllSpark Hunt" reversible backdrop

:"15th Anniversary" Blackout is a seemingly unchanged re-release of the original SS-08 Blackout above. As such, he does not have the more articulated hands introduced with his remold Grindor. He once again has his detachable tail rotor weapon and is accompanied by [[Scorponok (Movie)#15thAnniversary|Scorponok]].

:This figure comes in an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive 4-pack alongside ''Studio Series'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#SS15thAnniversary|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#SS15thAnniversary|Starscream]], and [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#SS15thAnniversary|Barricade]], released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first live-action [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'' film]] (though it was released after the ''16th'' anniversary). The pack comes with a unique reversible backdrop depicting [[Hoover Dam]] on one side and battle of [[Mission City]] on the other. Notably, fellow Decepticons [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] are absent from this team pack.

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===''Masterpiece Movie Series''===
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[[File:MPM-13-Blackout.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|'''Hasbro''': "Hey kids, here's a perfect stand-in to scale with your ''Studio Series'' figures to recreate the Forest Fight, including when Prime rips his head in two!" '''Blackout''': "Yeah! Great—wait, '''''WHAT'''''?!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Blackout & Scorponok''' ([[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Transformers'''''
:*''ID number'': '''MPM-13'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor weapon, [[Scorponok (Movie)#MPM13|Scorponok]] figure, 2 miniguns, 2 [[Fire Blast effect]]s
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoki Tatsumi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>Sam Smith's [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdG8p0UDrac/ multiple] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdG84VCDau6/ in-depth] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CdKcTQQsiqb/ Instagram] posts for ''Masterpiece Movie'' Blackout</ref>

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece#Masterpiece Movie Series|Masterpiece Movie Series]]'' Blackout is a large screen-accurate representation of the character's CGI model and transforms into a ''massive'' licensed MH-53 Pave Low helicopter. He shares many design cues with his smaller ''Studio Series'' toy above, but unlike that toy, this Blackout features articulated hands, a fold-out chest cannon, and a completely covered helicopter underside with an opening cargo ramp. Additionally, Blackout includes a pair of miniguns for his forearms and a small-scale version of his main rotor blades as a weapon, much like his on-screen appearance, rather than using the tail rotor like his ''Studio Series'' toy. It can be held in either of his hands, though the method used isn't entirely accurate to the film, where the rotor sat on the back of his hand. Amazingly, this rotor blade weapon actually forms part of the main rotor of his alternate mode!

: Also included with Blackout are two Fire Blast effects that can plug into either of the miniguns and his chest cannon. If the accessory/feature count wasn't already pretty high, an articulated Scorponok is also included, and can store on Blackout's back in [[robot mode]] or in the rear fuselage of his helicopter mode.

: Blackout's stock photos feature a few mistransformations: his left shoulder is too low, panels on his inner legs haven't been folded out, and a panel on his waist skirt hasn't been collapsed.

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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''TRANSFORMERS Chess Set''' (2007)}}</ul>

: Two identical silver-colored plastic statues of Blackout serve as the [[Chess#Transformers (2007)|Chess Set]]'s Decepticon-side Knights.
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====Lunchables====
[[File:Blackout Movie Lunchable Toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Now it will be impossible to shoot him in the crotch!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' ("Pocket Transformers" toy prize, 2007)}}</ul>

: What could only be called a "pseudo-figure" (and that's still being pretty generous), Blackout "transforms" from a flat, blueish-gray structure emblazoned with the Decepticon symbol and the word "Transformers" to a robot by folding out. Blackout is represented by stickers decorated with artwork of the character on the top, bottom, and two fold out "arms". His name is also spelled out, across his feet in this mode.

: This mold was also used to create the lunchables figure for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. A similar mold was used to create the Lunchables figure for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], though with the Autobot symbol sculpted in instead of the Decepticon one. Each iteration of this mold was made with a different color of plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/LunchBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Lunchables Blackout at TFU.info]''

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====3D Battle-Card Game====
[[File:3DBattleCard Blackout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)}}</ul>

: A 29-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Blackout "transforms" into a black helicopter. He uses the same parts layout as [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], [[Stormcloud (Energon)|Vortex]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]].
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====''Titanium Series''====
[[File:Movie TitaniumRM Blackout.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Scorponok! I can't move! Quick, drag me away!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Decepticon display stand

: This three-inch figurine, as with all Titaniums, is partially made of die-cast metal and plastic, sculpted holding his rotor-blades as a hand weapon. Interestingly, Blackout has a more unique sculpt to him; the weapon is sculpted as it was briefly seen in the movie, but on the wrong hand. Blackout ''himself'' has an altered leg & foot design as well as having the main rotor-blades on his back excluded, matching it up more with the fact that instead of using his tail rotor, he uses his ''main'' rotor as a multi-purpose melee weapon, echoing the game render. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, head and waist, and he comes packaged with a movie-style Decepticon symbol display base.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TitBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Titanium Series Blackout at TFU.info]''
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====''Unleashed''====
[[File:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds BlackoutBarricade.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|After camping out in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, the two vowed to never go spelunking again.....]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout and Barricade''' (2008)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

: The Blackout and Barricade turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters in both robot mode emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys.) The 'turnaround' aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Decepticon sigil instead.

: This product's release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Australia and in Asia.
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====RadioShack====
[[File:Movie Radioshack RC Blackout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (2007)}}</ul>

: A remote control helicopter sold at Radio Shack, this little heli operates on 2-channels, features blades with a diameter of just under 5.5 inches and an LED light mounted on the front fuselage. The design of the helicopter is rather inaccurate to an MH-53 Pave Low, and is coloured black for some reason.

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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[File:Movie Blackout screencleaner.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (2008)}}</ul>

:Released by [[Gacha International|Tomy Yujin]] on January 2008, this Dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Blackout printed on the other side.
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====Burger King====
[[File:MovieMerchandise-BurgerKingBlackout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (2007)}}</ul>

:This [[Burger King]] toy is a small plastic replica of Blackout's Pave Low vehicle form, with two special features:
:*Holding his cockpit window up to a light source and peering through a small lens behind his front landing wheel will reveal an image of his CGI-rendered robot mode.
:*His wheels are linked to his rotor drive shaft—spinning them will cause his rotors to spin rapidly, possibly flying off and disappearing under the nearest piece of furniture, where the cat will eventually find them and chew them to pieces.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BKBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Burger King Blackout at TFU.info]''
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Blackout's hobbies include worshipping Megatron, and jumping out of bushes and yelling "BOOGA-BOOGA!" at small children.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime & Blackout''' (Two-pack, 2007)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Packaged with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Robot Heroes|Optimus Prime]], ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Blackout is a cute style rendition of the character. Most notably, his face has been given a more traditional mouth and nose, making him appear more like a grumpy old man. His articulation is the standard three points, however, the kibble in his design limits the movement.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHBlackout/blackout.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Blackout at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (Single-pack, 2008)}}</ul>

: In some countries outside of North America, Blackout was released individually in a blindpack with no notable changes.

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[[File:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Keeps 'em where I can sees 'em!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Final Battle''' (Multi-pack, 2008)}}</ul>

: Packaged with redecoes of [[Jazz (Movie)#RHFinalBattle|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#RHFinalBattle|Ratchet]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#RHFinalBattle|Optimus Prime]], and [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#RHFinalBattle|Megatron]]. "Battle Damaged Blackout" is a slightly redecoed version of the two-pack version. No molding has changed, and the articulation is still limited. His exclusive deco is a black paint wash over various parts of his body to evoke battle damage. Oddly, the undersides of his arms get this deco but not the top, meaning the toy is meant to only be posed with arms raised. "The Final Battle" 5-pack was sold exclusively in [[Walmart]] stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/RHWMBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Final Battle Blackout at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Robotheroesoptimusblackout.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Sure you aren't [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] or somethin'?" "Nope."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime & Blackout''' (Two-pack, 2009)}}</ul>

:Just like his first ''Robot Heroes'' set, Blackout comes with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#RHBlackoutROTF|Optimus Prime]]. While Optimus Prime is a different mold, Blackout is a [[redeco]] of the previous figure. With his blue and tan, Blackout kinda looks like [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHBlackout/blackout.htm More information on Robot Heroes Blackout at TFU.info]''
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===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====''Titanium Series''====
[[File:Rescue Ratchet and Blackout Exclusive Titanium Seires.jpeg|thumb|upright= 1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Rescue Ratchet vs. Blackout''' (3-inch Robot Masters multi-pack, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Movie Decepticon sigil display stand

:This [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive set features an unchanged version of 2007's ''Titanium Series'' Blackout and a [[redeco]]ed [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]].

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====''Figure Collection''====
[[File:ROTF-Merchandise Figure Collection Blackout.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Just pretend I'm Grindor if it makes you happy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Stand

:The [[Figure Collection]] edition of Blackout is based on his [[#Fast_Action_Battlers|Fast Action Battlers toy]], making him extremely off-model from his movie look. He is cast leaning back and has a chunk of kibble protruding from his back to stop him toppling forwards, however he's still very top heavy.

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====Missile Mania Board Game====
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout'''}}</ul>
: Blackout is one of eight characters featured in the [[Missile Mania]] board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
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====McDonald's====
[[File:Revenge of the Fallen McDonalds Blackout.png|thumb|upright=1.1|"Talk to the Rotor."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (Happy Meal, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' rotor
:Part of the 2010 [[McDonald's]] Revenge of the Fallen promotion, Blackout does not transform but features a spinning/firing rotor mechanism instead. The rotor can be placed on his back, or mounted on his arm to be fired. Blackout does not feature any [[light-piping]], but does have three points articulation. He was only available during week 6 of the promotion, and came with an instruction sheet that doubles as an ad for [[McWorld]], featuring an exclusive code for the website.
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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Blackout.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackout''' (2022)}}</ul>
:*''Movie:'' '''''Transformers'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-30'''
:*''Accessories'': Base

:[[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Museum Masterline'' Blackout is a massive (81.9 cm tall with the base) non-transforming sculpture made of polystone along with other materials. The statue has glowing LED eyes, and his sand-motiffed base features actual sand.

:He features his rotor blade weapon deployed on his right hand and is meant to be paired with the [[Scorponok (Movie)#Prime 1 Studio|Scorponok]] statue released concurrently from the same series.

::*''[https://www.prime1studio.com/tf1-blackout-mmtfm-30.html More information on Blackout at Prime 1 Studio's website]''
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==Notes==
[[File:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Blackoutwave lives in constant fear of [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=dactyl-nightmare&page=detail&id=12493 pterodactyls].]]
* According to screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], Blackout was conceived as [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]—matching [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] as a character based on a [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]—in the first draft of the script.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?p=1120447#post1120447 Unformatted script sample from first draft naming the Decepticon helicopter "Vortex" posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy's message board]</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=In our first draft, before we even brought Bay on board, he was named Vortex. Don't remember him going through many other names.|link=https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions.180451/page-15#post-2212529|name=Roberto Orci|site=TFW2005|year=2008|month=07|day=09}}</ref>
* At a later stage of the preproduction process, Blackout was [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], hence his symbiotic relationship with Scorponok, who was originally conceived as [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]. Though this obviously changed, his portrayal in the ''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel is rather Soundwave-esque. Likewise, in the IDW prequel comic, Blackout is the only Decepticon to land on Earth and acquire his alternate mode without ''any'' witnesses, whereas Starscream and Barricade had to kill existing witnesses. In the film ''itself'', Blackout's only speaking role has him quickly reporting to Starscream's call... in Cybertronian, with he alone both hailing Megatron upon the AllSpark's discovery and attempting to aid him in battle against Prime. What's more, all this "Soundwave-ness" is further enhanced by Hasbro's official bio, calling Blackout "his leader's hound".
* Seriously, Blackout wins the award for being the Transformers character from the 2007 movie that has gone through the most working names: Aside from "Vortex" and "Soundwave", other names associated with the character were "Grimlock",<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref> "Devastator",<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html "Devastator" concept art at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref> and "Incinerator"<ref>[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html "Incinerator" pre-production render at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]</ref> at different stages of the pre-production process. The name "Incinerator" was later used for a [[Incinerator (Movie)|different toy]] from the movie toyline, and the names "Devastator", "Grimlock" and "Soundwave" would go on to be used by [[Devastator (ROTF)|three]] [[Grimlock (AOE)|other]] [[Soundwave (ROTF)|characters]] in later films, with "Vortex" ending up as [[Vortex (Movie)|a toyline-only character]] in the sequels.
**Of note, movie Blackout is the second incarnation of Blackout who turns into a helicopter. The first was his [[Blackout (combiner)|''Energon'' combiner]] incarnation.
* The period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the film, three months prior to the unfolding events, contradicts the origin of his vehicle mode in IDW's ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' comics, with him apparently having scanned and destroyed the MH-53 Pave Low all the way back in 2003.
*Blackout is the first Transformer to physically appear on-screen in the [[live-action film series]] (not counting Optimus Prime's narration at the beginning of the movie).
* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s alternate mode is actually a part of Blackout's helicopter mode; he's made up of a {{w|General Electric T64}} turboshaft engine and various other helicopter bits. Considering Blackout didn't appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode when answering [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s call or during the final battle in [[Mission City]], either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force's counter-attack in Qatar, or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok.
* Blackout is never actually seen using his chest cannon in the film, even though he unfurls it quite emphatically on two separate occasions.
* During a transmission from Burger King's website, Optimus Prime has decreed that we are not to ride ''this'' helicopter. The current ridability of ''other'' helicopters the world over is unknown. Stand by for further updates as they become available.
* Blackout uses a [[mouthplate]] in the movie, seen in a brief shot of the side of his face before Epps takes his photo at the beginning of the film, and again when Epps was targeting him during the climactic battle.
* Blackout is clearly using his Pave Low mode's six-bladed main rotor (but smaller) as a hand weapon despite the fact that his robot mode ''also'' always has its main rotor folded up on his back. The Voyager toy and 2007 video game both have him detaching his back-mounted rotor to use as a weapon, while the ''Studio Series'' figure compensates by having his smaller, four-bladed tail rotor as a weapon affixed to his forearm. The ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' figure splits the difference by having ''part'' of the main rotor detach to form his hand weapon, while the rest stays on his backpack and folds up for robot mode.
* Blackout and Megatron are the only two Decepticons shown being dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at the end of the first film. Megatron is shown missing his left arm and his right leg, while Blackout has been dismantled entirely into smaller pieces. Blackout's dismantled parts shown on-screen also appear to be physical props.
* In Hasbro's online "Vector Sigma: The Cybertronian Database" feature, Blackout's alternate mode is erroneously portrayed as [[Skyhammer (DOTM)|Skyhammer]]'s alternate mode. Likewise, his "Energon Wave" weapon is portrayed as Skyhammer's [[MechTech]] weapon.
* According to ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]'', Blackout is 33 feet tall. However, Optimus Prime is clearly half the size of Grindor, who shares the same body-type as Blackout. Therefore, Blackout's height should be around ''55'' feet tall.
* In ''Transformers: The Game'', if one stops climbing a building as Blackout, he will scratch his butt.
* In the Decepticon Chapter "''The Mighty Will Fall''" of [[Transformers The Game (console)|this game]], he was strong enough to defeat ''[[Class Beta drone unit|almost]]'' ''[[Swindle (Movie)|every]]'' ''[[Scrapper (Movie)|kind]]'' ''[[Dropkick (Movie)|of]]'' ''[[Longarm (Movie)|drone]]'' and ''[[Ironhide (Movie)|this guy]]'', who was invincible during most of the battle, while in the Autobot Chapter "''Unfriendly Skies''", he was easily defeated by ''[[Jazz (Movie)|the shortest Autobot]]'', even though he ''[[Starscream (Movie)/games#Transformers: The Game|had]]'' ''[[Class Alpha drone unit|backup]]''. By Jazz. The guy who needed help to defeat a few drones. Then again, that's just one of the '''few''' plot holes from that game.
* Blackout/Grindor's head design is re-used on some of the Decepticon [[Protoform]]s that appear in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Dark of the Moon'', specifically the ones with large horns on their shoulders.
* The Prime 1 Studio's website's product page description for their [[#Prime 1 Studio|Blackout statue]] says that Blackout is Megatron's third-in-command.<ref>[https://www.prime1studio.com/tf1-blackout-mmtfm-30.html The Blackout statue on Prime 1 Studio's website]: "Megatron’s third-in-command, Blackout, is seen at the beginning of the film, completely obliterating Qatar Airbase."</ref>

===Blackout vs. Grindor===
[[File:Blackout-Corpse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]]
* ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' never explicitly establishes [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] as a separate character from Blackout. Screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], when asked, was not sure whether they were supposed to be the same character or not.<ref name="orci">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Q&A with Roberto Orci at TFW2005]</ref> In the [[Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answers|{{SITENAME_SHORT}} Hasbro Q&A for July 2009]], it was confirmed that Grindor, not Blackout, appears in the movie.
*A closer inspection of Grindor's CGI model before Optimus prime so much as lays a sword or a hook on Grindor during the forest battle, shows that he has large quantities of rust and/or battle damage throughout his body (much like the revived Megatron) possibly hinting towards Grindor being a revived Blackout. Further, Blackout and Megatron are the only two Decepticons shown being dumped into the [[Laurentian Abyss]] at the end of the first film. Some of the pieces of the dismantled Blackout being dumped by Navy crew members (see right) have a similar damage/rust pattern as Grindor's too.
*Internal files for the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' video game identify the character as Blackout, indicating that the game had been developed with the understanding that they were the same character. However, the dialog was re-recorded to refer to the character as Grindor.
*Both the character gallery special feature included in the film's 2-disc special edition and the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'' name the helicopter Decepticon as Blackout. As such, Blackout is featured in ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe'' instead of Grindor.
*To alleviate the confusion between Blackout and Grindor's identities, Grindor's redecoes of Blackout's toys were given distinct (though not necessarily screen-accurate) color decos. However, Grindor's ''[[Studio Series]]'' figure has a more screen-accurate deco, with only subtle differences from Blackout.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackout''' (ブラックアウト ''Burakkuauto'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kisülés''' ("Discharge")
*''Korean:'' '''Blackout''' (블랙아웃 ''Beullaeg-Aus'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēi Mó''' (Taiwan, 黑魔, "Black Demon"), '''Xuànyūn''' (China, 眩晕, "Dizziness")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Vymyckach''' (Вимикач, "Off Switch")

==References==
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Blackarachnia (Animated)

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Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean names

{{disambigm|Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Elita One (disambiguation)}}
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:''Blackarachnia is a [[Decepticon]] and later [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].

:[[File:FinalAniBlackarachnia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Welcome to {{w|Goth Talk}}!]]

In another life, she was '''Elita-1''', an energetic, spunky Autobot Academy cadet. That was until a fateful trip to [[Archa Seven]], where [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|her]] [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|teammates]] abandoned her to a horde of alien spiders. Now calling herself '''Blackarachnia''', she hates her new body with a passion. Her loathing of her organic parts is slowly driving her insane, and she will do ''anything'' to get rid of them, no matter whom she has to crush in her path. Her mutation fueled a newfound hatred of the [[Autobot]] cause and a quest for revenge that led her to join [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] in his war against them. However, she does not appear overly loyal to her leader.

In her mutant [[technorganic]] form, she makes use of her newfound '[[cyber venom]]' to paralyze her enemies, and combines this with her natural ability to download and mimic other [[Transformer]]s' traits and weaponry for a limited amount of time with a simple touch. Hope nobody told [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]].

{{quote|It'll be a long time before I ever trust another Autobot. Especially you, Optimus.|Blackarachnia|"[[Along Came a Spider]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
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{{voiceactor|[[Cree Summer]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese)|[[Christin Marquitan]] (German), [[Marcella Silvestri]] (Italian), [[Raquel Marinho]] (Portuguese, as Elita-1), [[Adriana Pissardini]] (Portuguese, as Blackarachnia), [[Rosario Zamora]] (Latin American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), [[Catherina Martínez]] (Castilian Spanish, regular voice), [[Antía Jiménez Álvarez]] (Castilian Spanish, substitute voice), [[Elise Langenoja]] (Finnish), [[Anne Plumet]] (French), [[Sin-hui Park]] (Korean)}}

[[File:TFA Elita-1.JPG|left|175px|thumb|Girlfriend in a coma, I know, I know it's serious.]]
''A thousand [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] ago or so, a young cadet received the name "Elita-1" from her instructor, [[Kup (Animated)|Kup Minor]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} ''Elita-1 and Sentinel were both there to witness Optimus go through a simulated combat against Megatron. Though Elita-1 worried about Optimus's well-being throughout the exercise, Sentinel assured her that Optimus had little to fear from a simulation.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills}}

Elita-1 and her teammates found their way to [[Archa Seven]], looking for a Decepticon [[Twilight (Animated)|ship]] filled with [[energon]] when they accidentally fell into a series of caves. They were ambushed by [[Archa Seven arachnid|giant spiders]] and, when escaping the massive energon explosion caused by the battle, Elita ended up being left behind. When she tried using her ability to borrow powers from other beings, she was injected by the spiders' venom, [[Reformatting|reformatting]] her into a hideous freak. Because of her new, semi-organic nature, her signal did not appear on Optimus's radar, leading him and Sentinel to believe that she had perished in the explosion. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Now calling herself Blackarachnia, Elita-1 joined the Decepticons, {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} ''and performed experimentations on [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], rebuilding him into a [[Triple Changer]] and giving him an unstable personality. She also aided [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] in creating a false identity to infiltrate the Autobot ranks.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

[[File:Blackarachniabails-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
When the [[AllSpark]] was found by a group of Autobots, Blackarachnia was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons, annoyed at [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]'s emphatic, vocal loyalty to Megatron. She even suggested that Lugnut's speech of praise was hardwired into his mind. She also had conflict with [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who touched a sore point by insulting her organic mode. Her retort to "blow it out your actuator, three-face" angered Blitzwing to the point that he... began to express his feelings in song. Later, at Megatron's orders, she scanned the Autobots' ship to determine the nature of their high-energy cargo. She confirmed the Autobots were carrying the AllSpark, or at least something just as powerful. When the Autobots escaped and it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blackarachnia fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

[[File:LooseStrands-BlackarachniaUpgrades.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
''Fifty stellar cycles later, while searching space for any trace of the AllSpark in the hope that she could use its power to purge herself of her organic mode, Blackarachnia stumbled across [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], still operating out of the battered shell of the ''Nemesis''. Realizing that Starscream was searching for the AllSpark as well, Blackarachnia proposed an alliance, but Starscream proved uninterested in sharing power and promptly booted her out into space. Before being ejected, however, Blackarachnia was able to plant a homing device on Starscream, {{storylink|Dispatches}} and eventually tracked the beacon to [[Earth]]. At first setting down on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to investigate the crashed hulk of the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia ran afoul of the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], who had been hired by Blitzwing to hunt down Optimus Prime. Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the AllSpark before her, Blackarachnia attempted to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown didn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair wound up battling. During the fight, Blackarachnia used her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she wound up taking from him, and passed out herself. Blackarachnia was first to awake, however, and hid herself aboard Lockdown's [[Death's Head (Animated)|ship]], so that when the bounty hunter finally came to and headed for Earth, she was able to hitch a free ride to the planet.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4|A Few Loose Strands}}

[[File:Blackarach anim beast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|The Itchy Bitchy Spider crawled up the water spout...]]
After arriving on Earth, Blackarachnia stalked [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], and [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] on [[Halloween]] night. Once she took out the boys, she attempted to sweet-talk Sari into handing over her [[AllSpark Key]], but Optimus Prime arrived to intervene. Using Bulkhead and Bumblebee's stolen powers to overcome Optimus, Blackarachnia captured Sari and web-swung her way to the top of a skyscraper, with Prime in hot pursuit. In the ensuing fight, Prime finally realized who Blackarachnia truly was. Exploiting the opening, Blackarachnia bound Prime in her web and seized Sari's key, activating its power in hopes of become fully mechanical. However, the energies unleashed caused any organic life in range, including Sari (and presumably any other [[Human|fleshy]]), to shrivel and sicken. It almost killed Blackarachnia, but Optimus Prime pulled the Key out, restoring the organics. Prime tried to reason with "Elita", asking her to come with them in the hopes of curing her, but Blackarachnia stabbed him, saying that it would be a long time before she trusted him again. After she knocked out Prime, she cried her four eyes out. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

Later, she again kidnapped Sari, who was running away after having the AllSpark Key taken away from her. When she heard about the Key and how Sari felt totally mistrusted by the Autobots, Blackarachnia played on the girl's sympathies by saying she knew how Sari felt. Blackarachnia noted how she was not a Decepticon until after the Autobots turned their backs on her, and how the AllSpark's power was the only thing that could cure her current form. Despite being kidnapped again and nearly being killed by Blackarachnia's previous use of the Key, Sari appeared to start seeing eye to eye with her captor. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[File:Megatron Rising Blackarachnia farewell.JPG|175px|thumb|Here's hoping her organic half can withstand impact.]]
At least, that was what she wanted Blackarachnia to believe. Leading her around in circles over the frozen [[Lake Erie]], Sari was finally forced to admit that the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]], which contained the AllSpark, was underwater. Blackarachnia's organic half couldn't survive the icy water; incensed, she prepared to kill Sari. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] brought the ship up through the ice, and Sari bit Blackarachnia's hand, showing that her organic half couldn't withstand teeth, causing her to drop Sari and allow Ratchet to grab her and get in the ship. As Blackarachnia tried to force the door open, the vessel accelerated, and Blackarachnia was thrown off the ship. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[File:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|left|thumb|Me Grimlock be kisser for you!]]
Washing ashore on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], Blackarachnia was taken in by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], who gave her [[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]]'s [[Meltdown's Subterranean Lab|former base]] as a home. Using her charms, Blackarachnia was able to manipulate the Dinobots into doing anything she wanted. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] was particularly attached to her, and reminded the other Dinobots of this through violence. Going over Meltdown's notes, she realized that he would be able to remove the organic half from her body. She sent the Dinobots to release him from prison, causing the Autobots to come investigating. Blackarachnia then poisoned Bumblebee and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] with her venom, and used the "promise" of an anti-venom to blackmail Optimus into helping Grimlock find the [[genetic modifier]] Meltdown needed for the experiment. Unfortunately, Meltdown turned the tables on them when the modifier was his, planning on removing Blackarachnia's technological half and leaving him with an organic transformer. Optimus was able to stop Meltdown before he succeeded, but the modifier was damaged and Meltdown presumed killed. Needing to escape, Blackarachnia urged Optimus to hold her, causing Grimlock to attack in jealousy, and Blackarachnia fled. However, it appears that Blackarachnia left the anti-venom needed to save Bumblebee and Prowl beside them. This gave Optimus hope that beneath all of Blackarachnia's anger and manipulation, there was still something left of Elita-1 in there. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

[[File:TFA-PredaconsRising-SentinelBlackArachnia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Dark Designs|Better dead than Pred!]]]]
Still taking refuge in Meltdown's abandoned laboratory, Blackarachnia began experimenting with [[Unspace|transwarp]] energy to create new techno-organic beings to experiment on in an attempt to purge her organic elements, the idea being if she could turn another techno-organic purely robotic, she could do the same to herself. Most of her early attempts proved fruitless, until [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] was able to capture the perfect test subject: the renegade Autobot [[Wasp]]. Tempting him with both her feminine wiles and promises of power great enough to achieve revenge on the bots who betrayed him, she coaxed him into being experimented on, fittingly merging him with the DNA of a wasp.

[[File:TFAni Predacons Rising Blackarachina sans Helmet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I'd hit it.]]
While Wasp was being turned techno-organic, her old friend Sentinel Prime stumbled upon the lab and was disgusted to find a robot with an organic mode. He was even more shocked when she revealed that they had a past: she was his old friend Elita-1. Disgusted by her mutation, Sentinel was willing to "put her out of her misery", and during a scuffle knocked Blackarachnia's helmet off, allowing him to see her true, partially organic face. After Wasp's transformation into Waspinator was complete, Blackarachnia revealed her plans to Sentinel and Optimus.

Unfortunately, Waspinator was within earshot when she revealed what little regard she had for his life. Hurt by this betrayal, the now physically unstable Waspinator issued Blackarachnia an ultimatum: either fix him or be destroyed. She tried to escape, but once it was revealed that the transwarp energies responsible for his creation were going critical and about to cause a huge explosion, Blackarachnia surrounded herself and Waspinator in her webbing, shielding the Autobots from the explosion and seemingly leading to her final demise. However, when she awoke, she was in a strange jungle, in front of a [[Maximal|group of organic creatures]] that looked rather surprised to see their new guests. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Animated)|Predacons Rising}}

[[File:Blackarachnia Venus Mag by BillForster.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8]]
''At some unknown point in the future, Blackarachnia was interviewed by the trans-dimensional magazine [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]] and recounted her encounter with Lockdown on the ''Nemesis'' for the publication's readers. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}''

[[File:PredaconBlackarachnia-CAA.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5]]
''At some point, Blackarachnia got herself a new paint job, rebranded herself a "[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]", made her way back to Cybertron and begun to raise a Predacon army. The order in which she accomplished these things is unknown. In any case, she now had [[Inferno (Animated)|Inferno]] and [[Antagony (Animated)|Antagony]] working under her as fellow techno-organics.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

====''Animated'' shorts====
As Starscream heckled Megatron during a rousing speech, Blackarachnia looked on in utter horror until Megatron eventually dispatched Starscream straight through a wall. The sight of such brutality caused Blackarachnia to wince. {{storylink|Starscream Heckles Megatron}}

After the defeat of the Autobots, Blackarachnia found herself chained to new Decepticon leader Starscream. She relished her new role, offering to bring him refreshments and giving him massages...or, at least, the imagined version in Starscream's dream did. The real Blackarachnia was none too pleased about Starscream falling asleep in the middle of the Decepticons' staff meeting. {{storylink|Starscream's Fantasy}}

====Titan ''Animated'' comic====
Realising that the Autobots also win due to the power of teamwork, Blackarachnia decided to isolate one of them from the rest of the team. She stuck a tracer on Bumblebee so she could listen in on the crew and find out the best opportunity, while she roped Blitzwing and Lugnut into helping her. By the next day, when Bumblebee and Prowl were having a race at [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], the Decepticons had set up a trap and were able to capture Prowl. To Blackarachnia's annoyance though, Bumblebee turned up and somehow her comrades failed to pursue him even ''with'' the tracer.

She commanded Lugnut to fire on the Autobots as they sped across the cave roof, realising too late this would cause a cave-in. To add insult to injury, she found the tracer couldn't track Bumblebee any more because it was stuck on Lugnut's butt... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|The Race}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Animated Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|upright=0.4]]
In one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams, Blackarachnia was among the evil female Transformers who, seeking to kidnap him, fought with the heroic female Transformers guarding him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

===''Be the Hero'' books===
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====''Web of Deception''====
Blackarachnia hired Lockdown in an attempt to get her revenge on Optimus, paying the bounty hunter to abduct the Autobot and tie him to a bomb next to one of the arachnids whose organic material had contaminated her. She believed that detonating the bomb would fuse Optimus and the spider into a similar techno-organic form. Luckily she didn't get the chance to test her theory, as before she could set off the bomb, the rest of the Autobots and a couple of small humans caught up with her.

In one possible outcome, Lockdown got a better offer from a safari hunter, and captured Blackarachnia to be taken to the [[Kvi Cluster]]. {{storylink|Web of Deception}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:BlackarachniaTheCoolDominatrix01.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.4|''Bow chika wow wooowww!'']]

Blackarachnia was part of Megatron's band of Decepticons, chasing down the Autobots who had rediscovered the long-lost Allspark. She was visibly frustrated when Megatron along with the Autobots disappeared through a Space Bridge gate. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

Upon arriving on [[Earth]], Blackarachnia joined [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] in attacking [[Detroit]]. Transforming from spider to robot mode, she came swinging down from the sky to attack [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] in an attempt to seize the [[AllSpark#Animated|AllSpark]]. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 1}}

Later, she finally caught up with her old flame, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] for a long-overdue conversation. She announced her plans to use [[AllSpark Key|the key]] to cure her body, but Optimus refused to let her, calling her "Elita-1" in the process. Incensed at being called that, she demanded Optimus explain why he abandoned her to die years ago. Optimus told her that he and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] immediately formed a rescue party but were unable to find her. Breaking free from her webbing, Optimus then vowed to help her find a cure for her condition no matter what.

Blackarachnia was moved by Optimus's words until [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] arrived and interrupted their tender moment. Before she could consider the offer, [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] seized her and ordered a retreat. As she flew off with the Decepticon, Optimus repeated his offer to "Elita-1". Blackarachnia reminded him never to call her by that name again, shedding a tear in the process. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 4}}
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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Elita-1 was a member of the [[Yellow Order]]. She was defeated alongside her commander [[Yellow Splendid Convoy]] when the [[G1 World|dimension hopping]] [[Seacon (BW)|pirate]] [[Scylla]] arrived at the [[Yellow Planet]] to plunder the [[Matrix Gauntlet|Yellow Matrix]]. {{Storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Blackarachnia is featured as a playable game card. She is a black card, has a value of 7 points, and has the following power: "+3 to all females in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Toys==
===''Animated''===
[[File:Ani-toy Blackarachnia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|She's got legs... lots of legs... and she knows how to use them. To hurt you.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe Class, 2008 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TA-09'''
:*''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Alex Kubalsky]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of Hasbro's ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Deluxes, Blackarachnia transforms into a mechanical spider with some organic aesthetic. Many of her pointier parts are [[For safety reasons|molded in softer plastic]] to keep unfortunate children from putting their eyes out. She comes with a [[Wiktionary:grapnel|grapnel]] [[Retractable string gimmick|hook accessory]] with a jointed claw at the end of it; pulling out the string then pressing a button on the base's top quickly pulls the string back in. It may be mounted under her abdomen in spider mode or on her back in robot mode, via two different sets of pegs. There is also a peg hole in each wrist, for [[Spider-Man|web-slinging]] action.

: The spider's head is mis-transformed in the package, making the first step of her instructions initially confusing. Furthermore, the pedipalps will easily come off if manipulated too much, and her transformation requires that they be turned around completely. Because of this, they will often fall off over, and over, and ''over''....

: Blackarachnia was released in the first wave of Takara's ''Animated'' line in 2010. Oddly, despite the sheer amount of metallic paint applied to virtually every other toy in the first few waves, Takara Blackarachnia is basically identical to the Hasbro version, down to the gold Decepticon symbol on her collar.

: This toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Blackarachnia (BW)#2005 IDW continuity|IDW incarnation of Blackarachnia]], and was remolded and given a ''Beast Wars'' cartoon-accurate deco for [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Legends|''Legends'' Blackarachnia]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Revenge of Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Grapnel-hook

: The Blackarachnia toy was released again in a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] two-pack with the "Battle Damaged" [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#DVDpack|Optimus Prime from the DVD 2-pack with Megatron]]. Both toys are identical to their original releases.

==Merchandise==
===Microbots Collection===
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Capsule, 2010)
: Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. released Blackarachnia and 5 other Animated characters as small PVC figures in the Microbots Collection, a series of capsule toys.
::*''[http://www.shmax.com/part_details/21853 More information on Blackarachnia at shmax.com]''
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==Notes==
*In the original bible, the Elita-1 backstory does not exist, with Blackarachnia instead presented as Catwoman to Optimus Prime's [[Batman]]. The original character arc was that Optimus would get Blackarachnia to accept herself instead of considering herself a freak, but it would subvert audience expectations with her deciding she was superior to other Transformers, thus plotting to kill and replace them all with technorganics.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160923144431/http://www.allspark.com/2016/09/transformers-animated-story-bible-never-seen-before Allspark.com: "Transformers Animated Story Bible – Never Seen Before!" (via the Internet Archive)]</ref> Shades of this alternate characterization can be seen in the original press kit for the cartoon, which explains that Blackarachnia's techno-organic state was caused by "an encounter with the [[AllSpark|ALLSPARK]]" in the past.
*A non-final [[character model]] for Blackarachnia (see below) is included in the initial ''Transformers Animated'' press kit from [[Cartoon Network]], is used briefly (in silhouette) for her first appearance in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", and appears on the Deluxe figure's packaging. Though the toy shares the non-final model's spider-leg placement in robot mode, black belly, dark purple skin, and yellow Decepticon symbol, the rest of the toy adheres much more closely to the finished model.
*Blackarachnia is the only major ''Animated'' character not to have [[stock footage|a detailed on-screen transformation]].
*As Elita-1, her head is based on the pony-tailed Ariel, the younger form of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], while her body's ornamentation homages Elita One herself.
*According to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], Elita-1's [[alternate mode]] is a "Cybertronian car".<ref>[https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21975298&postID=2344351953813555694&isPopup=true Derrick Wyatt on Blogger]</ref>
*Blackarachnia has a [[mouthplate|faceplate]], seen in ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|The Arrival]]'' issues [[Dispatches|#1]] and [[The Arrival issue 4|#4]], but never in the show itself.
*The credits for "Megatron Rising" [[Megatron Rising - Part 1|Parts 1]] [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|and 2]] spell her name as "Black Arachnia".
*In the Japanese dub, Blackarachnia is played by [[Ryōka Yuzuki]], who also voiced ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. She plays this incarnation much the same, importing her unique verbal tic: a hissing ''chā'' (チャー) noise to end all sentences.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blackarachnia''' (ブラックアラクニア ''Burakkuarakunia''), '''Elita One''' (エリータワン ''Erīta Wan'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blackarachnia''' (블랙아라크니아 ''Beullaeg-Alakeunia''), '''Elita-1''' (엘리타-원 ''Ellita-Won'')
*''Russian:'' '''Chërnaya Vdova''' (Чёрная Вдова, "Black Widow"), '''Elita-1''' (Элита-1), '''Elita Odin''' (Элита Один, "Elita One")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:AniBlackarachniaPromoModel.jpg|Near-final Blackarachnia robot mode design
File:AllsparkAlmanac-ElitaOne.jpg|Elita-1 robot mode design
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Animated Predacons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Predacon leaders]]
[[Category:Turncoats]]
[[Category:Yellow Order]]

Beachcomber (G1)

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Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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:''Beachcomber is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Beachcomber-Dreamwave-MTMTE.jpg|upright=2|thumb|''Hippies.'' They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.]]
'''Beachcomber''' has a hard time reconciling his love of peace and freedom for all creatures with the need to combat those who threaten it. Furthermore, however just the cause for which it was fought, the gruesome and destructive aftermath of any battle sickens him to the spark.

Sometimes, when the internal struggle gets too heavy, he simply has to wander into the wilderness and cleanse his soul. Even there, far from civilization, he sometimes finds strange substances to aid the Autobot cause, for Beachcomber is a skilled naturalist, and geology is his specialty, man. He often tries to preserve or even to hide these discoveries, but he has seen too much evil done by the ruthless Decepticons to conceal any possible source of aid completely from his allies.

Beachcomber's geology tools include a wide array of sensors (magnetic, seismic, sonic, infrared) and a 'sonic pick' which can cut through rock. Beachcomber can use his magnetic sensors to navigate like a compass, but local magnetic disturbances can cause this to lead him astray. His sonic probes possess only limited range.

Beachcomber is neither very fast nor very strong, and his antiwar sentiments gain him little respect from the more martial of the Autobots, yet he is agile and skilled in a fight, and his courage is beyond all reproach.

{{bigquote|Relax, man. Remember, we're all one with the universe.|Beachcomber|"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese) |[[Chen Weiqun]] (Chinese), [[Vladimiro Conti]] (Italian, second dub), [[Jorge García]] (Latin American), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Roger Carel]] (European French, "The Insecticon Syndrome"), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, "Prime Target"), [[Marcus Jardym]] (Portuguese), [[André Filho]] (Portuguese, "The Secret of Omega Supreme"), [[Hélio Ribeiro]] (Portuguese, "Prime Target"), [[Marco Antônio Costa]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")}}
[[File:DinobotIslandPart2 BeachcomberFiring.jpg|thumb|right|Beachcomber, secret [[GoBots|GoBot]]?]]

Beachcomber helped [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] investigate some [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] attacks on an old growth forest. This unit proved to be underpowered when it came to confronting freshly fed Insecticons, and they hid behind Hound's [[hologram]]s till the Insecticons left. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} He offered "geology-type info" to [[Chip Chase]] during the [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] crisis and later traveled to the island itself to fight the Decepticons. Beachcomber worried that the battle with the Decepticons would destroy the environment before it could be properly studied. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Beachcomber, along with the other Autobots, was exiled from Earth after Megatron allied with greedy businessman [[Shawn Berger]] to create anti-Autobot propaganda. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} He and the other Autobots managed to return to Earth thanks to [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]'s navigation. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:Beachcomber with bird.jpg|thumb|left|He talks to the animals. Especially after a good hit of Kalis Mountain High.]]
On a geology expedition with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and several other Autobots, Beachcomber abandoned them in the middle of a firefight to explore a cave in the nearby cliffside. While his friends were dodging laser fire and trading blows, Beachcomber was learning to speak [[Paradise Parakeet|parakeet]] and communing with nature. He also found a golden lagoon full of [[electrum]], a naturally-occurring element which would make any Transformer temporarily impervious to harm. He dipped his hand into the lagoon, and it turned completely gold in color. Beachcomber hid this information from his fellow Autobots, and even kept his silence after [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] arrived coated in electrum and drove the Autobots into retreat, capturing two of their number in the process. Valuing the scenic beauty surrounding the electrum pool, Beachcomber still refused to warn his comrades after the entire Decepticon army arrived coated with invincible golden armor. He went solo to check on the lagoon, and was captured by the Decepticons. Some of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] acted as his prison guards at the Decepticon sunken base; Beachcomber managed to escape alongside his fellow prisoners Perceptor and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]].

[[File:Goldenlagoonbeachcomber1.jpg|upright=0.75|thumb|Seriously, he hangs out with a lot of birds.]]
Reaching the electrum pool, the trio was met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the rest of the Autobots, who had independently uncovered the pool's location thanks to [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. When Optimus Prime observed that they must have all learned about the lagoon at the same time, Beachcomber, hanging back from the crowd, glanced at his golden hand, and quickly dove into the electrum, seemingly to hide his prior knowledge of the substance, and called for the other Autobots to join him in coating themselves with the metal. The wilderness was subsequently ravaged by the invulnerable Autobots' battle with Decepticons, which concluded when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] ordered the electrum pool destroyed rather than allowing it to be shared with Autobots. While the other Autobots celebrated their victory, Beachcomber sat amidst the devastation and mourned for the natural beauty that had been lost. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Beachcomber briefly maintained a position at the Autobots' New York City base inside [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s garage. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} He also attended to Teletraan I when the Autobots were engaged with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Beachcomber then protected [[San Francisco]] from an alien bird-dragon unleashed on Earth by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He tried appealing to the creature with universal oneness, but failed. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} When the energy creature called [[Kremzeek]] assaulted the Ark, Beachcomber was one of the first Autobots short-circuited by the little creep. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}} Beachcomber was later kidnapped by a greedy toll booth and forced to drive in a circle while hopping over spike-traps. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}} After Megatron kidnapped Perceptor and then voluntarily let him go, Beachcomber joined the entire Autobot team in riding out a few miles from the base to retrieve their friend. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

In [[2006]], Beachcomber was stationed at the Ark with [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and several others when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] came to destroy it. Their feeble efforts to defend the spacecraft were barely noted by the dinosaur robot. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Beachcomber attended a lecture on Earth about the human's earthquake-prediction technology. Beachcomber attended mostly because he was a geology nut. As the Autobots and Professor Ohnishi spoke after the lecture, an earthquake struck. The Autobots were able to quickly deduce that the Decepticons were causing artificial quakes, but Beachcomber did not take part in the following confrontation against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Activation}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
Beachcomber attended the unveiling of Wheeljack's latest invention, the Transform Super Cog. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
Beachcomber fought alongside the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Throttlebot]]s on Cybertron in 2011. [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic wave forced him and his allies to fall asleep. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

=====''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''=====
Beachcomber was a spectator for the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]] with the [[Paradise Parakeet]]. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Beachcomber and the Autobots supported the [[Selector]]s, human-made robots who wanted freedom from their creators. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

The [[Quintesson]]s chose to aid the humans, however, lending their [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s to the fight. The creatures released a metal-eating gas on the Transformers, and Beachcomber was among those caught in the vapors. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
[[File:FSRLTFmanga8 Minibots.jpg|left|thumb]]
As a member of the [[Four-Wheel Drive Corps]], Beachcomber confronted the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] out in the desert, only to be caught in an explosive mine trap and fall into a pit. Working together, Beachcomber and the others combined their Scramble Power and worked their way free of the pit. A concentrated Scrumbuster attack drove off the Decepticons, and the Autobots won the day. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

Later, Beachcomber was part of a group who arrived to back up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], who was defending a [[Battle Dog|dog]] that had been cruelly experimented on by the [[Decepticon]]s from being hunted and captured by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. He and the other [[Mini-Vehicle|Minibots]] [[Minibot combiner|combined]] with Powerglide in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s thanks to the energy within the dog, and spinning furiously, smashed through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s chest and out the other side in a flying drill attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

====IDW ''The Animated Movie'' adaptation====
Beachcomber was killed during the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005. {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
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In [[2010]], Beachcomber was stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. He was led into battle by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] as the Autobots came to the rescue of [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s forces at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland. In the aftermath of the battle, they were exposed to the mutating properties of [[forestonite]], developing new color schemes and abilities. Beachcomber became a ''real'' flower-child, taking on an environmentally-friendly green paint scheme and causing plant life to grow wherever he walked. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

A couple of years later, he and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] compared powers while standing around Autobot City. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Smeltingpoolminivehicles.jpg|left|thumb|On Cybertron, Beachcomber basically transformed into whatever Kup does.]]

[[Club Con!#Continuity errors|An erroneous account]] placed Beachcomber as part of a group of Autobots posted on Cybertron hundreds of years ago who, upon detecting the [[Underbase]] heading towards Earth, sent out [[Raindance|two]] [[Grand Slam (G1)|mini-cassettes]] to forewarn the Autobots posted on the organic world of its arrival. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

Beachcomber was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on Cybertron who disobeyed orders along with most of the cell to help [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] recover [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] from the [[smelting pool]]. He actually demonstrated some uncharacteristic strength and gusto, tearing down a [[laser sentinel tower]] with his bare hands. The rescue mission failed, but they did recover Scrounge's stolen data, and learned that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] were alive and fighting on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Beachcomber's bloodthirstiest moment.]]
Soon after, Perceptor's crew began a mission to destroy the [[space bridge]] before the Decepticons on Earth and Cybertron could begin trading resources. Beachcomber used his geological skills to map out a safe path underneath the planet's surface to bomb the underlying support structures of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], bringing down [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s whole fortress. The unit failed to destroy the space bridge, however, and were ultimately forced to retreat across the Bridge to Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Immediately upon arrival, they were approached by the Decepticon fliers [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], who correctly identified them as Autobots and were about to open fire when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] realised the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] was undefended and diverted his troops there instead. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

However, the humans belonged to the anti-robot attack team, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. While Beachcomber and the other Autobots, unfamiliar with how things worked on Earth, tried to talk to their vehicles, RAAT deployed "electric snow" missiles to disorient them. Beachcomber's group was then too dazed to fight back, and were defeated with the help of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Beachcomber and his fellows were subsequently taken captive, and the robot-hating Circuit Breaker mounted their heads on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} Meanwhile, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and the shifty human [[Donny Finkleberg]] were sent on a mission to determine their whereabouts, but Finkleberg sold out Skids to RAAT as well. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Ultimately, Finkleberg redeemed himself by forcing the captured Autobots' release as part of a deal. If the [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|combined bodies]] of Beachcomber and the other captives could successfully aid in the defeat of the vandalizing [[Battlecharger]]s, they would be set free. And so it was. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Beachcomber and the others headed home, directed by Skids, when the [[time travel]]ling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] took their guide's place. Galvatron tore his way through the group, one by one, with Beachcomber one of his casualties, though he was ultimately driven off by the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s Decepticons.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

''Following the Dinobots' directions, the Cybertron Seven finally joined up with the Autobots aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] only to discover that Optimus Prime was dead. They attended his funeral but it was cut short by the sudden return from Cybertron of... Optimus Prime!'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Beachcomberdarkstar.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|They're about to crash through Bruce Wayne's window.]]
Some time later, after Optimus Prime's ''real'' death, Beachcomber was one of the several Autobots who watched on as Ratchet futilely tried to repair Optimus Prime's body. Once the Autobot leader was declared irreparable, the Autobots held a funeral service for their leader, and launched his body into space. Upon their return to the Ark, Beachcomber and the other grieving Autobots were shot at by their ship's own defense systems, which had been activated by a [[Mechanic|human intruder]] in their absence. Ratchet, who had elected not to attend the funeral, was able to defeat the villain and then tended to the wounded. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} The Ark then came under attack by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and Beachcomber was one of the first casualties, getting blasted by the monstrous Decepticon's battle station mode. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} Under the direction of the Autobots' new leader [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Beachcomber, Cosmos and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] constructed a [[variable voltage harness]] with which to punish the "traitorous" Blaster. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} After capturing Blaster's "accomplices"—[[Spacehikers|a quartet of human children and a stuffed bear]]—Beachcomber and the other Autobots watched as Grimlock tried them before an [[Autobot Multi-Circuit Court]] and sentenced them to death. Meanwhile, much to Beachcomber's relief, Blaster had sneaked aboard the Ark and rallied the Autobots in his support but he was forced to surrender to Grimlock in order to save the children's lives. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} While he did champion Blaster for replacing Grimlock as the Autobots' commander, this didn't stop Beachcomber from whining about senseless violence throughout their duel on the moon. Luckily, a Decepticon strike force arrived to drown out his voice with some lasers and explosives. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

When the Autobots rescued [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from the Arctic and were ambushed by the Decepticons, Beachcomber was among the first to be attacked, set upon and mauled by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} ''Presumably, this rendered him non-functional, as Beachcomber was last seen laying deactivated aboard the Ark as [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] attempted to repair him.'' {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Beachcomber air raid space pirates.jpg|thumb|]]
When the [[Quintesson]]s raided [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2008]], Beachcomber and [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] rushed to defend their home with a team of fellow Autobots. Unfortunately, the Quintesson shock troops were too much for them, and quickly overran the defenders. Beachcomber and his [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] buddy made a run for back-up, but were jumped from behind and taken out with the rest. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Lancer two crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left]]
Beachcomber was part of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s assault on [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], serving on board the ''[[Lancer Two]]'' alongside [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]] and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] under [[Getaway]]. Though their part of the mission was carried out successfully, Jhiaxus had anticipated the Autobots' strategy and they were quickly overwhelmed by his reinforcements and forced to crash land on a nearby planet. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Beachcomber and the Autobots protected the humans from a revenge attack by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons.{{storylink|Galvatron Attacks}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
Beachcomber, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] maintained a 24-hour watch on the Decepticon hideout by taking turns. Beachcomber was once almost discovered by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], but simply remaining quiet and still was enough to fool the Decepticon, who was a noted idiot. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}}

===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
[[File:InsecticonAttack BeachcomberSeesGrapple.jpg|"I sure love my new head!"|thumb|upright=1.0|right]]
Being a pacifist geologist, Beachcomber did not enjoy hearing about Decepticons around the ''Ark'', and decided to drive off to his "secret place" to look at rocks in peace. Beachcomber's secret place was where a mountain met a valley by a beautiful pond. In Beachcomber's secret place, [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] had also found some tranquility. Beachcomber didn't enjoy having Grapple in his secret place, but decided to stay quiet and watch Grapple until he went away.

Beachcomber's watch was interrupted when he saw the Insecticon [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] transform and fly away from where Grapple was sitting. He told Grapple what he had seen, but not before the other Insecticon, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], got close enough to implant a cerebro-shell in Grapple, turning him against Beachcomber. Beachcomber raced home and told the other Autobots what had happened. Optimus Prime then led an assault on the Decepticons that ultimately freed Grapple from the Insecticons' mind control. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Island of Fear===
{{notemultipath}}
Beachcomber was vacationing on the tropical paradise of [[Nali]] when he ran into [[you]]. The following events likely saw him bound up in a mission to stop [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] from tapping into the [[Earth's core]] to power the Decepticons' weapons. Whatever happened to him was up to you! {{storylink|Island of Fear}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
{{notemultipath}}
====Attack of the Insecticons====
[[File:AttackoftheInsecticons BeachcomberKickback.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|Little dune buggy in the sand,
Little blue dune buggy in my hand.]]
Beachcomber was witness to [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] testing the [[Sun-Pak]], a new device of Sparkplug's invention that would solve the Autobots' energy woes. However, the Decepticons' discovery of the device forced the Autobots in a number of possible perilous situations. Notably, one such situation involved the Autobots being at the mercy of the Insecticons while trapped underground. If Beachcomber convinced Optimus Prime the best course of action was to entrust him with the Sun-Pak in order to recharge it, two possible outcomes were possible in Beachcomber's solo mission.

Beachcomber explored the system of underground lakes, marveling at the many strange things that lived there, and manages to find his way to the surface. While recharging the Sun-Pak he was attacked by [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], and had to be saved by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. How humiliating.

Alternatively, Beachcomber became lost when his magnetic sensors erroneously led him directly to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. He did not regret this error for long. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
Beachcomber was lounging about Autobot headquarters, discussing how nice the recent lull in Decepticon activity was, when Optimus recommended that the peace-loving Autobot take a vacation. Beachcomber gladly agreed. He then drove out to the countryside, only to suddenly be shaken up by a tremor. Pinpointing the tremor's origin, he came upon Rumble practicing his earthquake abilities. Once the Decepticon had finished, Beachcomber followed him back to the Decepticons' newest secret base.

[[File:EarthquakePowerglideBeahccomberWindcharger.jpg|thumb|]]
If Beachcomber decided to return immediately to Autobot headquarters to report his findings, Beachcomber was sent back out to investigate further, this time with Powerglide and Windcharger. Once the three Autobots arrived at the cliff face that concealed the Decepticons' base, the three of them debated on their course of action. Beachcomber advocated for trying to find a more conspicuous route into the base, thinking the main entrance would be too risky.

If the three Autobots decided to walk through the main entrance of the Decepticons' base, Windcharger was promptly crushed by the fortress's doors, which then let loose a swarm of Decepticons. Beachcomber then tricked Rumble into causing an earthquake, which brought down the Decepticons and their fortress in one fell swoop. The pair then retrieved the damaged Windcharger to be fixed by Ratchet.

If the trio decided instead to look for an alternate entrance, they discovered a narrow passageway hidden behind some bushes and scrubs. Taking the passageway, Beachcomber's squad emerged into a storage room. Leading out of the storage room was a passage not unlike the one from which they had just emerged and a brightly lit corridor. While Powerglide wanted to explore the bright corridor and Windcharger wanted to investigate the dark passageway, Beachcomber considered looking for other places to explore in the storage room.

If Beachcomber joined Windcharger, the two of them soon found themselves before a heavy stone doorway. Hearing Decepticon voices beyond the door, the pair argued whether or not to spring a surprise attack their enemies. Beachcomber had the option of either proceeding forth with Windcharger, or returning to the storage room to join up with Powerglide.

If Beachcomber decided to proceed with Windcharger, the two Autobots started to argue once more on how to get through the heavy door. While Windcharger was eager to bust it down, Beachcomber considered attempting to decode the door's access lock.

If they managed to decode the door's password, they found themselves intruding upon an empty room; Megatron's secret chamber.Upon hearing Megatron approaching, the pair managed to grab him from behind. Taken by surprised, the Decepticon leader was tricked into thinking that the Autobots had the base surrounded, and was made to have the Decepticons surrender. After Beachcomber contacted Optimus Prime for reinforcements, the Decepticons’ ploy was successfully undone.

If the pair were unable to decode the door's password, Windcharger attempted to smash the door down, despite Beachcomber's protests. All Windcharger managed to do was make a lot of noise, and the two Autobots attempted to flee the scene. As they retreated, they were spotted by Megatron, who blocked off their exit. The Decepticon leader then promptly slaughtered the pair with a blast of his nuclear-charged fusion cannon.

If Beachcomber decided to explore the brightly lit corridor with Powerglide, the pair soon found the entire fortress to be eerily silent. Finally hearing Decepticon voices nearby, the pair heard Megatron expositing his plan to Soundwave. The Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. With this knowledge, Powerglide and Beachcomber raced out of the fortress, meeting up with Windcharger en route, and returned to Autobot headquarters. Relating this information to Optimus, the Autobots then decided to split up in two groups. One group was to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center City. Beachcomber was assigned to the lead team.

If the lead team was sent to the Decepticons’ fortress, Optimus was able to overpower Megatron in the battle that ensued. The Decepticon leader was forced to guide Beachcomber, Inferno and Optimus to the Decepticons’ lab. There, the Autobots disabled and destroyed the Destruction Beam device, captured Megatron, and left many Decepticons permanently maimed. Though they later had to trade Megatron to the Decepticons for the safe release of the Autobots captured in Center City, the Autobots were ultimately victorious that day.

If the lead team was sent to defend Centre City, the Autobots’ next objective was to meet up with Sparkplug They consulted him on whether the Autobots should enter Centre City in their [[robot mode]]s, or in their vehicle modes.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots not worry about subtlety, the entire squad transformed and began prowling the streets in search of Decepticons, oblivious to the panic they were causing. Unable to restore order in time, Beachcomber and the rest of the main team were destroyed in the ensuing earthquake.

If Sparkplug suggested that the Autobots remain in their vehicle modes, he would concoct a plan where the Autobots would help evacuate the entire town in their vehicle modes. With no more than four trips in and out of the city, Beachcomber and the rest of the team carried out the plan without incident. With the humans out of harm's way, the Autobots transformed and engaged the approaching Decepticons, whom they easily dispatch. With the city safe, the Autobots moved out to help their comrades at the Decepticon fortress.

Alternatively, if Beachcomber decided to have Windcharger, Powerglide and himself each investigate a different area of the Decepticons’ fortress, he would accidentally bump into Dirge. Dirge easily overpowered Beachcomber, disassembled him, and replayed the last few moments of his memory tape to find out who had accompanied him.

In a completely different sequence of events, Beachcomber decided to try and infiltrate the Decepticons’ headquarters on his own. Though he was able to activate the fortress's main doors, upon hearing nearby human voices he hesitated on whether he should proceed within the fortress or investigate the voices first.

[[File:EarthquakeJessieKidnapped.jpg|thumb|left]]
If Beachcomber went to check on the humans, he soon found out that they were the Autobots’ allies, Buster and Jessie. The pair informed Beachcomber of a secret passage they had discovered, which led inside the Decepticons’ fortress. They trio were surprised by Ramjet, who captured Jessie and took off. Though Buster was adamant that they rescue her, Beachcomber felt they should report back to Optimus first.

If Buster managed to convince Beachcomber to rescue Jessie, he led Beachcomber to the secret entrance he had previously discovered. Once inside the fortress, the duo heard voices nearby once more.

If they followed the voices, they came upon Soundwave and Thrust putting Jessie away in a cell. Once the Decepticons left, Beachcomber wasted no time in breaking Jessie out. The three of them then set out to find the Decepticons’ lab. But after searching for some time, they were unable to find it. Giving up their search, they reported back to Autobot Headquarters. Beachcomber and Mirage then headed back to the Decepticons’ fortress, and used Mirage's holographic abilities to trick Buzzsaw into thinking the fortress was overrun by an Autobot army. This prompted Buzzsaw to head back to the lab to defend it. Following him, the Autobots were able to destroy the Destruction beam before it caused any harm, and then hurried out of the fortress while the Decepticons still panicked over Buzzsaw's report of an Autobot army.

If Beachcomber convinced Buster to hide instead of following the voices, the duo quickly came at a loss on what to do next. After a few moments’ hesitation, the pair came out of hiding only to be confronted by Thrust. Beachcomber engaged the Decepticon in a brief firefight before escaping with Buster. But Thrust quickly came upon them once more, this time backed up by Starscream, Dirge, and Megatron himself. The Decepticons led their new prisoners to Megatron's lab. Megatron then tortured the pair by showing them the destruction of Center City via a view screen. The show over, Megatron then turned his Fusion Cannon upon the pair, and pulled the trigger...

Alternatively, Beachcomber might have been able to convince Buster to leave Jessie behind by claiming that the Decepticons were unlikely to harm her. The two of them then headed to Autobot headquarters, and returned with reinforcements. Shortly before arriving at their destination, the Autobots had to choose their next course of action; they could either storm the Decepticon fortress by force, or try to sneak in through the secret passageway Buster had discovered.

If they decided to storm the fortress, Beachcomber would become nervous, and urge his fellow Autobots to find a more peaceful way to resolve the situation. Optimus sternly told him that this was not the time for one of his anti-war speeches. This moment of hesitation ultimately cost the Autobots the battle, and the Decepticons triumphed that day.

If they decided a stealthier approach, the Autobots quietly entered the Decepticon base, and set out to shoot down any Decepticons they encountered, save Megatron, whom they planned to capture. After encountering some resistance from their foes, the Autobots came upon branch in the passageway, and had to choose to go left or right.

If they took the right passageway, the group happened upon Jessie, whom they freed. Telling them she knew the location of the Decepticons’ lab, Jessie then led the group into a Decepticon trap; she had been brainwashed. The Autobots were captured and Megatron's plan to destroy Center City came to fruition.

If they took the left passageway, the group happened upon Megatron's lab. Megatron was then taken captive. Beachcomber successfully deactivated the Destruction beam, and the rest of the Autobots deactivated the remaining Decepticons. The Autobots celebrated their victory by guzzling a few quarts of fine-grade oil.

In a final possible path, wherein Beachcomber attempted to enter the Decepticons’ fortress by himself through the front door, he was jumped by Buzzsaw who immediately tore into Beachcomber. Buzzsaw was helped by Scrapper into disassembling the Autobot. Megatron then ordered his Decepticons to rebuild Beachcomber. In the process, the Decepticons planned to swap Beachcomber's memory chip for a Destructicon chip, to create the perfect Decepticon double agent. But Mixmaster mixed up the two chips, and Beachcomber returned to Autobot headquarters as his old self. Now having become the perfect Autobot double agent, Beachcomber hoped to soon be able to end the war and return to Cybertron. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

====Desert Flight====
[[File:DesertFlightBeachcomberbumpsintoCosmos.jpg|thumb]]
Beachcomber was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission.
When they heard a tremendous explosion go off nearby, Beachcomber was suspicious that the Decepticons had wanted them to hear it; he reasoned the Decepticons had left them several clues on their nearby activities recently, and wanted to spring a trap on the Autobots. Optimus sent Cosmos to investigate the noise.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. En route, the Autobots passed near a human town, but began floating in mid-air before being able to reach it. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, Beachcomber took a moment to goof off in the low-gravity environment, and accidentally bumped into Cosmos, flying nearby. The Autobots soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence, and Beachcomber refocused on the mission at hand. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. The Decepticons were quickly forced to break off their attack and retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. The Decepticons, fooled into thinking they've won, took Optimus Prime into their base. In actuality, Beachcomber and the rest of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. The Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

[[File:DesertFlightRipInSpaceTime.jpg|thumb|left]]
If Buddy instead ran towards Beachcomber and Tracks over the course of the battle, Laserbeak would fire at the group at the same time as the gravity beam reached them, creating a tear in space-time above the group. Beachcomber accidentally stumbled into the time anomaly, and disappeared. Once the Autobots gained the upper hand in battle, Buddy insisted he and Tracks venture into the anomaly to rescue Beachcomber.

If Buddy and Tracks entered a space-time anomaly created during the battle, they would emerge to discover they had traveled three hours into the future, whereas Beachcomber was only flung forward for one hour. In the intervening time, Beachcomber had been captured, and most of the other Autobots were dead or injured, resulting in a Decepticon victory.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, The Autobot convoy were surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards them some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Beachcomber and the rest of the Autobots with the [[proton bomb]] it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Alongside Springer and Blurr, Beachcomber was assigned a secret mission; to uncover the location of a sphere of cybertite, containing an ancient Autobot formula. Part way into the mission, Beachcomber's squad was attacked by Decepticon storm troopers who dragged Beachcomber away after having blasted their way into the Autobots’ research centre. The Decepticons then set out for a nearby crater where they believed the sphere of cybertite to be, Beachcomber still in hand. When the Decepticons manage to crack the code of a message they had intercepted containing further details on the location of the cybertite sphere, they left Beachcomber at the crater, after tying him to an explosive device.

In one possible sequence of events, Blurr and Hot Rod arrived at the crater and managed to free Beachcomber from the explosive device before it went off. Unfortunately, heading for the crater instead of the cybertite sphere's actual location cost the Autobots valuable time, making it impossible for them to catch up to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Countdown to Extinction Minibots pre-battle.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. Bonnnngggg!!!"]]
Beachcomber was seen as one of the civilians on the united Cybertron after Shockwave and Ultra Magnus's forces returned from Earth. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He was spurred into action against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s regime when Optimus Prime returned to the planet and rallied the Autobots into an organized army. His actual contribution to the insurrection was undocumented, but it's entirely possible he may have even picked up a weapon. Really. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Afterwards, Beachcomber was assigned to a mission suitable for his pacifism, as part of Bumblebee's supply crew on the ''[[Orion]]'', bringing news and fuel to their comrades on Earth. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Little did they know they would be caught up in heavy combat with [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} As part of an alliance to defeat their mutual enemy, Beachcomber was supposed to be guarding Sunstorm's primary target, the Decepticon [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], aboard the ''Orion'' shuttle. Now, of course, the question isn't whether Starscream betrayed them at the first opportunity (he did); It's whether Beachcomber even bothered to pick up his gun and try to stop Starscream, or just passively let the 'Con gun him down. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Blaster]]''}}

Beachcomber originally hailed from [[Ibex]], where he wrote ''[[Primal Prophecies|The Primal Prophecies: A New Interpretation]]''. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Early in the war, Beachcomber, along with [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], met with the damaged [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] when their transport ship returned to HQ. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

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

[[File:SpotlightBlaster BeachcomberTransform.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Later, Beachcomber was captured by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], who used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to inject him with a [[cerebro-shell]]. Under its control, Beachcomber attempted on three occasions to assassinate [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. Ultimately, Blaster confronted him about it and forced him to fight against his Decepticon control. Though his mental resistance shorted out the shell, his neural processors were severely damaged as well. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

After eventually recovering, Beachcomber ended up among the Autobot forces on Earth. When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] visited to investigate [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s surrender, Beachcomber feared that they might all get arrested, and decided to leave the team. Alongside [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], he attempted to find and join [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]], who was trying to get off the planet, only to drive straight into a [[Skywatch]] ambush. Beachcomber was the first to be deactivated when a human named [[Campolongo]] zapped him using a hi-tech suit. The captured Autobots were brought into the hangar where Optimus Prime was imprisoned by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Major Witwicky]] in an attempt to get the Autobot leader to cooperate. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

[[File:AnotherMine Beachcomber.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Kei Zama]] can make ''anyone'' look badass.]]
After [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] became Autobot leader and formed an alliance with Skywatch, Beachcomber was freed. He would later completely ignore Bumblebee's leadership once [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] returned from space with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and demanded to see Optimus Prime. Beachcomber was also amongst those (meaning everyone) who volunteered to return to a restored Cybertron and fight [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} Upon arriving, he transformed and rolled out alongside the other Autobots. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

In the post-Great War era, Beachcomber joined the [[Cybertronian Security Force]]. In early 2018, following Chancellor [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s public confession to a myriad of crimes, Beachcomber was assigned to guard his cell. After [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] stopped by to show Starscream the [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|movie]] he'd been working on, the former ruler of Cybertron requested Beachcomber pass along a message to some [[Badgeless|friends of Starscream]]. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

Shortly afterwards, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] returned to Cybertron with Beachcomber being among those assigned to guard the latter. Feeling guilty about aiding Starscream, he let [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and his entourage interrogate the latter for five minutes. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} He and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] later escorted the captive Shockwave through the streets to be imprisoned, with Beachcomber telling the monologuing cyclops to shut up along the way. {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Beachcomber's bad luck as a guard continued when an escaped Starscream later returned and knocked him out in order to converse with Shockwave. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} Beachcomber managed to escape Cybertron's destruction at [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s hands, being transported to Earth with many survivors. He immediately began admiring some flowers upon arrival. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
When the Minibots excavated a [[Dinobot (BW)|mysterious mech]], Beachcomber was astute enough to recognize the Predacon symbol may have been descendant from the Decepticon sigil. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}

===Bot on the Street===
Beachcomber was asked if he'd like to change his alternate mode, and thought he'd like to be a bird feeder. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}

===''TransTech''===
Beachcomber criticized the [[Supreme Multi-Circuit Court]] for allowing [[Hydradread/Highbrow Hybrid Technologies]] unfettered access to the [[Iocus]] Cluster. He especially didn't care for the idea of a [[Hero Mashers|Transformer being built out of pieces that belonged to other Transformers]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

Beachcomber debated [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] about internship practices on [[Axiom Nexus]] during a television segment. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Beachcomber thought it cruel to keep the [[Anibot]]s in a [[roboto-zoo]] but [[Vector Prime]] saw little alternative. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/24}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Beachcomber was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
The peace-loving Autobot Beachcomber could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Beachcomber packaging bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Beachcomber, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Beachcomber was part of a geological survey team along with [[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]], [[Geomotus]], and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] that set out to investigate unusual seismic activity. After coming across [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]], who had fallen into a crevice, a violent groundquake led them to discover a team of [[The Rise|Risers]] who proceeded to attack the surveyists. In the struggle that ensued, Beachcomber was shot by [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]]. At that moment, [[Security Operations]] came to the rescue and engaged in battle with the Risers. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} Afterwards, the injured Beachcomber and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] were taken to [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] for repairs. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}

===Precursor World===
[[File:Abominus Comic 2 GoldBeachcomber.jpg|thumb|left|And that's who you'll be from now on, Beachcomber... "Goldbong".]]
A Transformer resembling a particularly dazzling Beachcomber was a follower of [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] in the [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]]. Like his fellows, he dutifully assisted Primus in his efforts to confiscate the [[Star Power|Seven Lights]] from his dissenting army the [[Primus Vanguard]] and destroy the universe. He was present in the strike team Primus brought to bear against the [[Powered Master]]s in an expedition to the year [[2050]] of the [[G1 World|next universe]] to capture its newly formed, empty [[Silver Matrix]] for his patsy [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]]. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

When Star Convoy grew wise to his master's plan, Beachcomber helped restrain him as their master personally gathered the last two Star Powers from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron Omega]] and [[Purple Wicked Convoy]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}} Primus's plan soon went off the rails, with Primus being reduced to his diminutive Oracle form by [[Blue Planet (GS)|Neo Primus]] and the Seven Lights being captured by malevolent future warrior [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Gold Megatron]] and used to create his own seven-part force, the [[New Primus Vanguard]]. Realizing the dire nature of the threat, the Oracle reversed his orders, and Beachcomber and company freed Star Convoy and pooled their [[Golden Power]] into him. Star Convoy arose as Gold Primus Convoy. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}
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===Energon Universe===
[[File:Skybound-TF-2023-Beachcomber-death.jpg|thumb|[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] would've been thrilled to see this.]]
During a battle on Cybertron, a fleeing Beachcomber was shot in the back by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} Surviving the attack, Beachcomber wound up on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' as it fled Cybertron. When the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' boarded, amidst the chaos of the battle, Beachcomber stared through a gash in the ''Ark'''s hull at the vastness and liveliness of space, and came to realize how pointless the battle was. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} However, Beachcomber's epiphany gave [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] an opening to toss him out of the ''Ark'' as the ship passed over [[Earth]]. Caught in the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]'s gravity well, Beachcomber spent millennia on the satellite until the [[Apollo 11]] mission touched down. Covertly hitching a ride to the planet, Beachcomber, after taking in the beauty of Earth, found the ''Ark'' but decided against activating his fellows, fearing that they would bring only their war to Earth. After helping himself to some energon, Beachcomber retreated to the wilderness. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

When the ''Ark'' was reactivated and, as Beachcomber predicted, the war resumed, Beachcomber covertly watched [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] bond with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Energon Universe|Spike]] and [[Carly (G1)|Carly]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}} When [[Astrotrain (G1)#Energon Universe|Astrotrain]] captured Spike, Beachcomber shut down the [[Triple Changer]]'s engines and liberated the human. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}} After shackling Astrotrain, Beachcomber sat on a beach with Spike and told him how he'd come to be on Earth. After Astrotrain mentioned [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Beachcomber explained the scientist to the human before noticing the light of a [[space bridge]]. Though Spike asked what should be done, Beachcomber said that he had no desire to become involved in the war again before Cybertron itself emerged from the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 11 - beachcomber surfing.jpg|thumb|left|Will I ever return to my beloved Zenn-La?]] Grabbing a surfboard, Beachcomber rode a whirlpool created by Cybertron's gravity, confirming that the life in the ocean was being harvested for energon. Leaving some fuel for Astrotrain, Beachcomber headed off into the wilderness with Spike. After sighting a [[deer]], Spike sympathized with Beachcomber's desire not to fight but noted that he couldn't just run away. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent Cybertron back through the space bridge, Beachcomber flew up on his board and caught his leader, landing in the ocean just ahead of the chunk of Cybertron that had been sliced off their homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 12|Transformers #12}}

Beachcomber joined Spike, Carly, and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] on a quest to locate [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Before departing, Optimus asked if he would participate in the fight to stop the Decepticons, but Beachcomber stuck to his pacifism, suggesting that the best thing they could do for Earth would be to leave it. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Eventually, Beachcomber detected an Energon signal, giving the four a lead to follow. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} The trail led into the water, so they used Beachcomber's surfboard to go the rest of the way. As they approached the [[San Juan Islands]], Arcee asked Beachcomber why he no longer fought, and Beachcomber related his epiphany aboard the ''Ark''. Arcee was about argue the finer points of this philosophy when the surfboard was turned over by an explosion. As Arcee picked Spike and Carly out of the water, Beachcomber came under fire from a paranoid Ultra Magnus until Arcee persuaded him to stop. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}} Beachcomber then sat with Spike around a fire in Ultra Magnus's makeshift fortress, as Arcee and Carly tried to convince the once great warrior to rejoin the fight before being interrupted by an attack from [[G.I. Joe (team)|a mysterious military force]]. He and Spike escaped in time, but Carly and Magnus were taken prisoner. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}
Upon returning to the ''Ark'', Beachcomber was tasked to retrieve Jetfire alongside the newly reactivated [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]. By the time they returned, the other four Aerialbots had been restored. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}

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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
Beachcomber made friends with a seagull during a beach party. {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Transformers Gather on the Snowy Mountain!|Search Quiz 2}}}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Bumblebee recruited Beachcomber to join the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]], a secret strike force. {{storylink|The Bee Team}} Chased by Decepticon forces, Beachcomber discovered a Golden Lagoon of [[Electrum]]. Unfortunately the Decepticons found it too, and in the resultant battle, both the lagoon and the surrounding glen were destroyed, much to Beachcomber's dismay. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (Legends)|The Golden Lagoon}} After [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] was inflicted on the Autobots, Gears and Beachcomber managed to sneak past the Decepticons and get a sample of [[corrostop]] from the [[Statue of Liberty]]. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Blues#As Beachcomber}}
Beachcomber appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by The Blues. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Beachcomber-(G2).jpg|thumb|G2 is his only cue!]]
Beachcomber (G2) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was available to 100 leagues in the "Divide and Conquer" medium events.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:EW-Beachcomber.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

Beachcomber often cuts a solitary figure, preferring to roam alone into vast expanses of desert wilderness or along rugged, inaccessible coastal shores. Cool-headed, low-key, he's exactly who you need in a crisis, and - despite his urge to wander - never shirks his responsibility to the Autobot cause. And when it comes to gathering resources his vast array of sensor equipment is almost without compare. Though not one of the strongest Autobots he has unusually high agility, making him an elusive target. Every 10 seconds, Beachcomber points forward and grants allies within a large area 20% damage absorption for 10 seconds. It will sometimes shoot a water bullet that reduces the attack and defence of the target. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Beachcomber Bio}}

Beachcomber wondered what kind of weapon could even hurt a [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. [[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]] told him that one wielded by the first [[Thirteen|Primes]] could do it. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Falling Apart}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Beachcomber was an Autobot with a radical outlook on life. {{storylink|Field Guide to Action and Adventure}} Although he was a skilled geologist who fought valiantly to defend Earth's beauty, he often took time off to recuperate, either by spending time in nature or consulting with his comrades, who recognized that Beachcomber's willingness to acknowledge his own fears and doubts made him stronger than many other Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game#Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle|Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|My other alternate mode is a bong.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Mini-Vehicle, [[1985]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-63'''

: Released in the second year of the [[Hasbro]] ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' line, [[Mini-Vehicle]] Beachcomber transforms into a blue and gray 1982 M1040 Chenowth "Hellfire" Fast Attack Vehicle (which is an amusingly well-armed vehicle for such a peace-loving Autobot). Although not documented in his instructions, Beachcomber's legs are slightly extendable, providing much-needed clearance for his lower legs to transform between modes without scraping against his torso.

: The figure has several minor variants. The initial releases of the toy have his thighs, headlamps and wheel hubs cast in silver plastic that matches his torso rather than the usual light gray, which is the vastly more common coloration. Later releases of the light-gray version altered his right arm to add a "Hasbro" stamp to it (removing half the "mesh" pattern). The French release of the toy by [[Joustra|Ceji]], aside from using the "half-mesh" arm variant, has a slightly different headsculpt with narrower eyes, different wheel-pins with four "rivets", plus slightly different shades of blue and gray plastic.

: Beachcomber continued on into the 1986 Mini Vehicle assortment, with no notable changes. He was also released in Greece by [[El Greco]] in 1986, being virtually identical to his international version besides bearing a very slightly different shade of blue and featuring no rubsign.

: In the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] line, Beachcomber was not part of the initial 1985 "pre-movie" series (despite being in the pre-movie cartoon), but premiered in 1986's post-movie ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Transformers 2010]]'' line. Like all of the smaller toys sold by Takara at the time, he was packaged in a small box and came with a collector's card inside, rather than on a bubble-card. It is currently uncertain which arm-variant was released in Japan; ''presumably'' the latter "Hasbro"-stamped one, but this has not been confirmed.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Beachcomber/beachcomber.htm More information on ''Generation 1'' Beachcomber at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-mini-vehicles-beachcomber/707/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Beachcomber at Transformerland.com]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Beachcomber went green before it was in vogue.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Beachcomber''' (Mini Autobot, [[1993]])}}</ul>

: Released in the first (proper) year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toys, Beachcomber is a [[redeco]] of his original toy, now with a chrome green instead of blue plastic, and the grey of the upper legs and lamps was replaced with a funky bright salmon color. This version removed the "half-mesh" on the left arm and simply replaced it with a large Hasbro copyright stamp.

: An extremely rare variant exists that may have been a [[prototype|test shot]] run with gray legs. These figures were apparently given out internally by Hasbro as [[Christmas]] ornaments, as they have been found bagged with a string attached and a card reading "Transformers Christmas ornament" on one side and "Merry Christmas from the Boys' Toys Marketing" on the other.<ref>[https://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Employee/Gen2ChristmasOrnamentBCom.html Beachcomber variant given to Hasbro staff as a Christmas ornament - shown at the Super Toy Archive]</ref> The same treatment has been seen with a ''Generation 2'' [[Seaspray (G1)#Generation 2|Seaspray]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Beachcomber/beachcomber.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Beachcomber at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Has a [[fireblast]] of 1, yet is the only Legends Mini-Vehicle with a weapon.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Legends, [[2008]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': G1 Series
:*''Accessories'': Wheel-mounted gun
:*''Known designers'': [[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)

: Released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]]'s Legends assortment, Beachcomber has a very cartoon-inspired robot mode, but his vehicle mode appears to be inspired by the "Warthog" off-road vehicle from the ''[[Xbox 360|Halo]]'' game series. Amusingly, the pacifist Beachcomber has a spare-tire-mounted machine gun in vehicle mode. (Maybe it's a paintball gun?) Despite this piece being removable, Beachcomber has no way of holding it in robot mode.

: This mold is the basis for the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]]'s [[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Sandstorm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUBeachcomber/beachcomber.htm More information on ''Universe'' Beachcomber at TFU.info]''
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===''Henkei! Henkei!''===
[[File:Henkei-toy Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yes, the pacifist is part of the "Attack Team" rather than the "Spy Team". Makes sense!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Minibot Attack Team''' (Multi-pack, [[2009]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-18'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 26]], 2009
:*''Accessories'': Wheel-mounted gun

: Released in the twelfth wave of Takara's ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' toyline, this version of Beachcomber at first glance appears identical to the Hasbro ''Universe'' release above. However, the ''Henkei'' version has a flatter and less vibrant blue plastic than Hasbro's release.

: Yeah, it's not a lot, but we checked, and you deserve to know.

: He was only available in a three-piece set with [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Gong]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Cliff]].
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy BeachcomberKreon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I am totally high right now."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': Collection 3
:*''Bag number'': '''***** 60'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo brick, small pistol
:*''Known designer'': [[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)

: As part of the third wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Beachcomber is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a little dune buggy. He uses the [[Constructicon (G1)#Kre-O|Constructicon]]-style cab-helmet, and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s handgun.

: This Micro-Changer assortment was the last one to appear at [[Target]], with later waves showing up only at [[Toys"R"Us]] or drug/discount stores.

: This mold was also used to make a [[N.E.S.T. Sentry]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/Kre-OBeachcomber/beachcomber.htm More information on Beachcomber at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy Beachcomber Class85.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B5152'''
:*''Voted'': Most Likely to Grow Totally Organic Energon
:*''Accessories'': Small pistol

: [[Kreon Class of '85]] Beachcomber's deco is much more heavily based on the [[Beachcomber (G1)#Toys|original Beachcomber toy]], with a more cartoon-accurate face. Like the rest of the set, he uses the almost-totally-[[retool]]ed 2015 style of Kreon body.

: This box set of thirty Kreons was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], with leftovers being sold on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OBeachcomber/beachcomber.htm More information on Class of '85 Beachcomber at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy Beachcomber MC-2017.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mirrored shades are in.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': Collection 3
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, small pistol

: In 2017, the Collection 3 Micro-Changers were re-released in a whole new production run, first appearing at [[Walgreens]] stores in the US. These releases use the almost-entirely-[[retool]]ed 2015 Kreon (making most parts incompatible with older Kreons), with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. Beachcomber's [[tampograph]]s are slightly altered, changing the flat light gray to metallic silver, giving him a red Autobot [[Insignia|faction symbol]], and adding some white highlights.

: Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''EZ Collection''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''EG10'''

: ''[[EZ Collection]]'' Beachcomber was to be a [[redeco]] of the [[#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Legends Class figure]]. It was solicited in 2013, but never saw release.

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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-toy Beachcomber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Gas, grass, or powers of the gods, no-one rides for free.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Legends Class, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''PP-06'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 25]], [[2018]]
:*''Known designers'': [[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Robby Musso]] (concept artist)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Legends" class toys, Beachcomber is based heavily on his original toy and cartoon model. In dune buggy mode, his "driver" compartment can seat [[Titan Master]]s and [[Prime Master]]s.
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===''Golden Lagoon''===
[[File:TF 35th Golden Lagoon Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Come on in, the [[Electrum]]'s fine.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber / Perceptor / Seaspray''' (Multi-pack, November 2018)}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''GL-03'''

: ''[[The Transformers Golden Lagoon|Golden Lagoon]]'' Beachcomber is a gold and gold chrome redeco of ''Power of the Primes'' Legends Class Beachcomber in homage to the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] [[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|episode of the same name]]. Packaged with similar redecoes of ''Titans Return'' [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Golden Lagoon|Perceptor]] and [[Seaspray (G1)#Golden Lagoon|Seaspray]], this set was released exclusively at [[TakaraTomy Mall]] as part of TakaraTomy's celebration of the franchise's 35th anniversary. The set was later rereleased by [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the USA in January 2021.

: This toy also appeared in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' as a member of the [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]], who may or may not be named "Beachcomber".
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Beachcomber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am Lorde. Yah yah yah.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber & Paradise Parakeet''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-43'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October 28]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Bumper/Machine gun, [[Paradise Parakeet]]
:*''Known designers'': [[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[April 4]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Delaney Norris]].</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: Evolution]]'' Beachcomber is an animation-accurate, deluxe-scaled version of the character, turning into a dune buggy in 11 steps. The wheels are made with PVC plastic, as well as being pinned on for better rolling action. His [[Evo-Fusion]] gimmick is his handheld machine gun, which doubles as the front bumper of his alt mode.

: He also includes a small "[[Paradise Parakeet]]", seemingly inspired by the bird Beachcomber encountered in the episode "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]". It sits on a [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]]-style post, allowing it to plug into 5 mm ports or over 3 mm pegs throughout both of Beachcomber's modes. Said bird also gets top billing, and is named alongside Beachcomber himself on the box. Its name is likely a reference to the {{w|paradise parrot}}, which went extinct nearly 100 years ago, giving Beachcomber something else to be sad about.

: Note that the tires, which are made of rubber-like PVC plastic, can stick and chip off other paint details if you store him in contact with other toys.

: For reasons unknown, this assortment basically did not show up at brick-and-mortar stores in the US, and there was no second round of online orders available, leaving Beachcomber and his bird buddy very difficult to find... [[eBay|at normal prices, anyway]]. Thankfully for fans, Beachcomber was reissued in [[2025]], sold mainly through online outlets that were given solid cases of Beachcombers.

:This mold was retooled to make ''Legacy: United'' "Doom 'n Destruction" [[Ruckus (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Rukus]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CqtZFFiuZx6/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Beachcomber from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W5Beachcomber.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Little blue dune buggy...]]
*'''Beachcomber, Geologist''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T08/T46'''
**''Stars: ''6

:Beachcomber, Geologist is one of forty-six double-sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Titan Masters Attack.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' Beachcomber toy, with the Bot Mode art being reused from the toy's packaging art. The card's Alt Mode received original art, with lines by [[Dan Khanna]]

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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===Blokees===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Beachcomber''' (Shining Version, 2024)}}</ul>
:*''Series:'' '''Shining Version 02 - Shining 1985'''
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==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-MaybeBeachcomber.jpg|thumb|See kids? This is what happens to hippies.]]
*There's a generic robot seen ahead of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] in line for [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s smelting pool in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', who's colored in an approximation of Beachcomber's color scheme. It's not his [[character model]], though, so don't worry, that "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" appearance isn't an error.
*Beachcomber's character model shows up during a flashback in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode, "[[Prehistory]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Beachcomber''' (ビーチコンバー ''Bīchikonbā'', ビーチコマー ''Bīchikomā'')
*''French:'' '''Déferlo''' (Canada), '''Pacifico''' (Canada ''Generation 2'')
*''Greek:'' '''Angeliofόros''' (Αγγελιοφόρος, "Messenger")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Guberáló''' ("Scavenger")
*''Italian:'' '''Pulce''' ("Flea")
*''Korean:'' '''Beachcomber''' (비치콤버 ''Bichikombeo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jù Làng''' (巨浪, "Waves")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Onda''' (Portugal comics), '''Pacífico''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Shezlong''' (Шезлонг, "Lounge")

==Gallery==
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File:POTP-Beachcomber-art-transparent.jpg|''Power of the Primes'' packaging art
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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Barricade (Movie)

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:''Barricade is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:MovieBarricadeHeatScrambleCard60.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"I'm always the Bad Cop. And don't bother asking for the Good Cop. I killed him."]]

'''Barricade''' (aka '''N.B.E. 04'''{{fact}}) is apparently a complicated robot. He's considered "fractious" even by Decepticon standards, yet is willing to give [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] the benefit of the doubt and follow where he leads, at least for the time being. Though not totally dedicated to the service of the Decepticons' current leader, he is much more cautious and reserved about expressing mutinous dissent than say ''[[Blackout (Movie)|most]]''.

Barricade believes that Starscream is vital in their search for [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[AllSpark]], making him Starscream's closest ally in the naturally combative Decepticon ranks. Then again, it's been said that he likes to trick people into trusting him, just so he can see their reactions when they find out just how much of a bad idea it was. As such, he has disguised himself as an [[Earth]] police car in an attempt to fool the humans around him.

If his attitude toward his fellow Decepticons is inconsistent, his attitude toward the [[Autobot]]s is not: kill them all. Barricade might not be as large as most of his peers, but he is every bit as deadly. He thoroughly relishes every chance in fighting the Autobots. He's smart enough to let one live, if he thinks he or the Decepticons can use it to their advantage. But most of the time, they're dead before someone's even thought of a plan.

The most frustrating part about Barricade is that he always manages to come back no matter how many times he has been brought down.

{{quote|Autobots, foul Autobots, here we come. Let our long war resume—and let it end here.|Barricade|''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}

====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Wei]] (Chinese), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Júlio César]] (Brazil), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Jordi Varela]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Achille D'Aniello]] (Italian), [[Pascal Massix]] (European French), [[Lee Jang-won]] (Korean)}}
[[File:BarricadeVsSam.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|Barricade negotiates an alternative to PayPal.]]
After being active on [[Earth]] for some time, Barricade arrived to pick up [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] after the smaller Decepticon's attempt to hack into and sabotage the United States military network on [[Air Force One]]. From data Frenzy had acquired, the two learned of [[Sector Seven]], "Project Iceman", and the "[[Archibald Witwicky|Witwicky man]]", the discoverer of the entombed [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Using the internet, the duo learned that Megatron had accidentally marked Witwicky's [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|glasses]] with the location of the long-lost [[AllSpark]]—glasses which were now being auctioned on [[eBay]] by his descendant, [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]].

[[File:Movie Barricade defeat.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|He got better.]]

Tracking the human to the town of [[Tranquility]], Barricade appeared in the path of ladiesman217 as he was attempting to flee [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], whom he mistakenly believed was out to harm him. Believing Barricade to be a legitimate police vehicle, ladiesman217 requested the "officer's" help, only for Barricade to transform right in front of him. As ladiesman217 fled, Barricade knocked him onto the hood of an abandoned car, then violently demanded information on "eBay item 21153". Ladiesman217 and his [[Mikaela Banes|female friend]], who had been drawn into the encounter, managed to escape him when Bumblebee convinced the boy to trust him, and Barricade pursued both the Autobot and two humans to a junkyard. After temporarily losing and then regaining their position, he charged into battle, activating his mace/rotating blade, and dispatched Frenzy to chase down the humans. The battle started off pretty well and worked in Barricade's favor until Bumblebee slammed him into an office. Barricade then rolled over and took back control by bashing his fists against Bumblebee's head. However, their battle ended with Barricade heavily damaged.

[[File:TF2007 barricade vehiclemode.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|I'm going to need a dozen robots disguised as cookies.]]

Barricade had repaired himself by the time Frenzy (who infiltrated Sector Seven) transmitted both Megatron and the AllSpark's location to his fellow Decepticons. Knowing that the Decepticons were coming, the humans and Autobots tried to transport the AllSpark to [[Mission City]] for extraction, but Barricade and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] caught up to them on the highway into the city. Barricade attempted to clear a path through the traffic by activating his sirens; Bonecrusher simply rammed everything in his way. Ladiesman217—riding inside Bumblebee—recognized Barricade, and in response to his call for action, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] realigned to block the Decepticon from getting to the human and the AllSpark. Barricade was last seen as Bonecrusher pulled ahead to attack Optimus; he was absent from the subsequent battle in Mission City for unknown reasons. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]],'' ''[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]'' and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]"; the ''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Bumblebee Rumble]]", "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]", "[[Sam's New Car]]", "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]", "[[Meet the Autobots]]", "[[Meet the Decepticons]]", "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]" and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]". Many of these adaptations were based on earlier drafts of the movie's script; in several, most prominently the novelization and comic adaptations, Barricade engages Optimus Prime on the highway after he takes out Bonecrusher and is destroyed as a result, explaining his disappearance from the film's final act.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English, see [[#Notes|notes]])|[[Bernard Métraux]] (European French), [[Luiz Carlos Persy]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Leonardo García]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:DOTM-Barricadecaptures.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|It's so obvious that we're going to win.]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons present in [[Chicago]] when [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] unleashed their plan to use a [[space bridge]] to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth, and assisted in the takeover of the city. Under the command of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], he aided in rounding up several Autobots that had infiltrated the city, including his old foe Bumblebee, to whom he delivered a hard kick to the back for fun. At the behest of the human traitor [[Dylan Gould]], Soundwave ordered Barricade to execute the Autobot prisoners, starting with [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]; Barricade laughed as he slew the Autobot with a shot in the back. Fortunately, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] intervened to prevent any further executions, causing a distraction that allowed the other Autobots to escape.

[[File:DOTM-Barricadesnipershot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Better hope one shot is enough to disable both his left optics at once, eh?]]
Following the Autobots' getaway, Barricade joined up with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and was in the process of chewing out the Decepticon ground troops when he suddenly found himself blinded by sniper shots to his eyes courtesy of the Autobots' [[NEST]] allies. As he stumbled around in pain, the humans got in close and jammed a bomb into his leg, which brought him tumbling to the ground when it went off. He was last seen trying to crawl to safety as the human troops fired on him. {{Storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Barricade's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
Footage of Barricade at the Battle of Chicago was shown by [[Harold Attinger]] to demonstrate how Transformers were dangerous.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{Voiceactor|[[Jess Harnell]] (English), [[Katsuhiro Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese), [[Mauro Horta]] (Portuguese), [[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Achille D'Aniello]] (Italian), [[Berk Avcı]] (Turkish dub), [[Wojciech Chorąży]] (Polish)}}
[[File:TF-TLK-Barricade-first-appearance.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He's decided to show up every other film from now on.]]
Having survived the injuries he sustained in the Chicago war and avoided being hunted down by the humans in the years since, Barricade had been rebuilt into a sleeker new form. In the seven years since the Chicago conflict, he had acted as Megatron's spy and scout in his search for the [[Guardian Knight]]s' [[Talisman (TLK)|talisman]]. Perhaps unknown to Barricade, he had long been under surveillance by the U.S. government. In the ruins of Chicago, he witnessed the talisman being bestowed to [[Cade Yeager]] by [[Talisman Knight|one of the Knights]]. He was however unable to claim it due to arrival of the heavily armed [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]], and he watched from a distance as they entered a stand off with Yeager and the Autobots.

[[File:TLK-BarricadeReportsToMegatron.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|Okay people, move along, nothing to see here.]]
Barricade reported back to Megatron, accidentally angering his leader by flashing his light in his face. He reported the events of his mission, and Megatron was further angered by his failure to retrieve the Talisman, which was needed to find the [[Staff of Merlin|Staff]] they required. Barricade managed to salvage the situation, indicating he knew who could lead them to the Staff: the TRF themselves. Unknown to either Decepticon, their conversation was being monitored by [[William Lennox]] and [[Morshower|General Morshower]]. Based on Barricade's plan, Megatron used human hostages as leverage to broker a deal with TRF and secured the release of fellow Decepticons [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], [[Nitro Zeus]], and [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]].

Barricade later joined his leader and cohorts in their hunt for Yeager. They arrived at Yeager's [[Junkyard (TLK)|scrap yard]] but Yeager had already fled to a nearby town and they followed. They were met with some not-quite-unexpected resistance in the form of the Autobots Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and blasted by a trap set by Yeager. Barricade took point in pursuing Yeager through the town. Barricade ordered Yeager and [[Izabella]] to freeze, but was surprised and swiped through a wall by the newly arrived [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s tail. Luckily for Barricade, Grimlock was then focused on attacking Megatron and crunching on Dreadbot. After Dreadbot and Onslaught perished in battle, Barricade fled when Megatron gave the order to retreat.

[[File:TLKMegsAndBarricade.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Hey Barricade, ready for a [[Frank Welker|flashback]] to ''Dark of the Moon''?]]
He and his comrades then followed Yeager to England, knowing he was the key to finding the Staff. In [[London]], he chased down the fleeing Bumblebee, who had Yeager and [[Viviane Wembly]] with him. He attempted to ram them but was blasted away by his Autobot nemesis. He transformed to catch himself but fell into oncoming traffic and was rammed by a large truck. Commenting on how much it hurt, he had been hit hard enough that he was too weak to continue the pursuit.

He later rendezvoused with Megatron and Nitro at [[Stonehenge]], the site which would drain [[Unicron]], who lay deep within the Earth, of his energy and revive the recently arrived Cybertron. He happily gloated that he had lived to kill a planet and commented on the ease with which they could kill Unicron. They soon came under attack from the [[British Armed Forces]] and Barricade returned fire. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Barricade acted as pilot and chief science officer for the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' during the quest to find the [[AllSpark]]. When they encountered an [[Ghost 1|alien ship]], he analysed it and discovered that it seemed to be of Cybertronian design, leading to a disagreement between himself and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] regarding whether to study it or destroy it. He claimed to have chafed under Starscream's leadership, but was willing to tolerate him for the moment.

During Starscream's later absence, Barricade was against [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s plan to attack the Autobots, and remained on the ''Nemesis'' while the others got their tailpipes kicked. Following the defeat, he contacted Starscream to warn their leader that Optimus Prime was on his way to the planet below where Starscream had been misleading the occupants of the alien ship. Starscream ordered an attack on the Autobots while their numbers were diminished, so Barricade placed [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in charge of the assault, while he himself elected to stay on the ship and use it as a distraction. And sang. He supplied support fire as the others fought the Autobots. On Starscream's return, the Decepticons leader was challenged by Blackout, and Barricade decided they should see things resolved once and for all. After Blackout's defeat, Barricade asserted that he'd known what the outcome would be even before the fight began.

When Optimus and Bumblebee entered the fray, Starscream ordered Barricade to leave the ''Nemesis'' to reinforce their numbers. He proved most effective in battle against Bumblebee and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. The fight ended when Starscream was badly damaged by the alien ship and, to Barricade's disbelief, called a retreat. The Decepticons returned to their ship and departed. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====
After the traitorous businessman [[Bruno Carrera]] and Starscream had trapped Optimus Prime in the [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], Starscream turned the situation over to Barricade, who was more than delighted to see his old enemy in such a prone state. However, before he could strike the final blow, a bunch of [[human]]s began attacking, which wouldn't have been a problem if they weren't equipped with the scientific genius of [[Kaminari Ishihara]] and [[Petr Andronov]], in addition to [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] firing sabot rounds into him. He was about to stomp on the insects when Prime broke free of the trap and engaged him. Once the humans were clear, Optimus pulled a surprise move by jumping out of the pit and dumping rock on top of him.

Once he was buried, Optimus melted the top layer of rock, trapping Barricade long enough for the NEST team to defeat Starscream and take him in. Unfortunately, Barricade was nowhere to be found; Instead, a passing crew working on the subway found a strange new tunnel, leading from the Colosseum to the center of a park. Whatever had dug the new passage overnight was nowhere to be seen. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation2 cybertronian barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Any special message for all the kids reading this wiki out home? "Stay out of trouble. Because this trouble will find you."]]
Many years in the past, when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] had just come under the rule of the [[Defense Force]] and the [[Science Division]], Barricade was a member of the Defense Force under the command of High Protector [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. He participated in missions to rid the planet of "malcontents" who protested against the new order, and like many of his peers, he did so ruthlessly. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

When [[Ejoornian|unknown alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron after the discovery of a [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]], Barricade and Scorponok were sent to perform recon. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Following battle with the aliens Megatron changed significantly, altering the military's mission from one of protection to making war upon the hostile aliens and anybody who would stand in their way. As Megatron's ambition grew, he determined to eliminate Science Division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], sending Barricade and a team of other Decepticons to slay Optimus's allies and bring him in. [[File:Defiance3 BrawlCrankcaseBarricade.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.75|Are you trying to out-complain the complainer?]] Barricade and [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]] stood by as [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] nailed the "traitors" with an explosive round; Barricade was eager to get into the fight, but was ordered back by the glory-hound [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] so his aerial forces could swoop in to finish the job. This turned out to be lucky for Barricade, as Optimus managed to bury Starscream's team under a mountain of rubble. Though defeated, they all soon returned to [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]], where Megatron rechristened them and the rest of his Defense Force the "Decepticons." {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

During the subsequent civil war between the Decepticons and Optimus's Autobots, Barricade was one of the Decepticons under the command of Starscream who took part in a battle outside of [[Tyger Pax]]. As they were mopping up the last remnants of Autobot resistance, Barricade amused himself by playing with the decapitated head of a fallen Autobot, but mood turned somber when he saw the AllSpark jettisoned into space. Barricade realized that Cybertron would soon die without the AllSpark, but Bonecrusher had little time for his remarks, suggesting he should die along with the planet. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} Megatron immediately took off to pursue the AllSpark, leaving Starscream with orders to eliminate the Autobots in advance of his return. When the Autobots departed the planet to hunt down the AllSpark themselves, Barricade was part of the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' assembled by Starscream to give chase. Confident in Megatron's abilities to deal with any pursuing Autobots, Barricade questioned both the need to hurry, and Starscream's motives for doing so, but was quickly reprimanded by Starscream for speaking out of turn. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:Planetfall barricade and wreckage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Waste your out-of-character sympathy for people who will actually be IN the movie.]]

After thousands of years of searching, the ''Nemesis'' crew tracked the AllSpark's energy to [[Earth]]'s [[Star system|solar system]]. After setting their ship down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Barricade, Starscream, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher and [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] continued on to Earth itself, where they touched down in [[Afghanistan]] in 2003. They immediately attacked a nearby [[United States military]] installation, where Barricade used a facade of friendliness to trick nearby human soldiers into lowering their guard, whereupon he slaughtered them at point-blank range. As the fight continued, he was almost hit by a localized EMP weapon from a human, but it instead hit his comrade [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]. Barricade objected to leaving Wreckage behind when Starscream ordered them to pull out, but was forced to abandon him. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} The Decepticons subsequently scattered across the planet to search for Megatron and the AllSpark; Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

{{note|"Planetfall" and ''Movie Prequel'' #4 offer contradictory accounts of Barricade and the Decepticons' arrival on Earth, with the former showing them arriving in Afghanisation shortly before the events of the film, and the latter placing them in North America in 2003. The ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|Reign of Starscream]]'' movie sequel comic would corroborate the "Planetfall" account, but the timing involved means it must take place in 2003 as in ''Prequel'' #4.}}

[[File:Interlude barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|Prime directives: 1. Serve the public. 2. Protect the innocent. 3. Obey the law. 4. Do the exact opposite of 1–3.]]

Learning that the Autobot Bumblebee was also on Earth, Barricade tracked him to just outside of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], arriving just as the Autobot was eluding [[Sector Seven]] while working on a new lead on the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky]]s. {{storylink|Interlude (Movie Prequel)|Interlude}} Bumblebee managed to escape, but Barricade pursued him to [[New Mexico]], where he had a new idea: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} Bumblebee subsequently found his way to [[Tranquility]] and [[Sam Witwicky]], and the battle over the glasses to learn the location of the AllSpark ensued. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} During the subsequent highway chase to Mission City, Barricade attempted to close in on Bumblebee to "settle the score" with him, but found his way obstructed by Ironhide, causing him to crash into a pillar. Knocked offline by the crash, he missed out on the Mission City battle; he was conscious again by the time the battle's sole survivor, Starscream, came looking for him. Informed that Sam had destroyed the AllSpark and Megatron, Barricade suggested recovering the lost Frenzy so they could access his data files on the boy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

While Starscream returned to Cybertron to enact a plan of his own, Barricade remained on Earth, watching over a Sector Seven research base. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} He spied upon the Autobots as they made plans with [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to dispose of the Decepticons' bodies, then broadcast the information he had learned into space on a Decepticon frequency, hoping someone would hear and take interest. As it turned out, Starscream, having returned from Cybertron to Mars, was ready and willing to answer. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Soon after Starscream made it back to Earth, however, Decepticons under the command of the long-absent [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] also began arriving, and Barricade provided them with intelligence on which Autobots they were facing. He continued to plague the Autobots and the new [[NEST]] team, escaping each time. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} Soundwave sought the final remaining shard of the AllSpark in order to revive Megatron, so Barricade was sent to Tranquility to capture Sam and force its location from him—or failing that, ransom him for it. [[File:TotF1 barricade and sam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2|"Dead or alive, you're coming with me. Only you won't be alive."]] Barricade took the boy to a junkyard to interrogate him, but Bumblebee soon arrived to rescue him. A protracted battled followed, concluding when 'Bee knocked Barricade into a pool of gasoline and ignited it, setting off a massive explosion. Barricade survived the blast, though, and drove off in car mode after Bumblebee and Sam had left. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

Following the resurrection of Megatron and [[The Fallen]]'s failed plan for revenge, Barricade was among the Decepticon troops that [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] sent to attack Sam's college in order to recapture a rogue Decepticon brain unit [[Brains]]. Barricade initiated the assault, smashing his way into Sam's dorm and renewing his rivalry with Bumblebee, who stood ready to protect his human friend. {{Storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The pair grappled and traded blows for the duration of the attack {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} until Bumblebee ended the battle by slamming Barricade to the ground with a sickening crunch. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
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[[File:Movie Barricade IDWprequel nowitnesses.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Christine... is that you?]]
The Decepticon infiltration unit under the command of Starscream arrived on Earth in the year 2003. Barricade scanned a Saleen S281 police car, then destroyed the original human vehicle to cover his tracks, as did his fellow Decepticons when choosing their new forms. His proceeded to tail Bumblebee while the Autobot was on his way to [[New Mexico]], but unfortunately, Bumblebee identified him before Barricade could eliminate him. Barricade was inspired to come up with a new plan: ''allow'' the Autobot to get away, so that they could track him from afar to see what leads and information he had already turned up in his search. Starscream agreed to the plan, but ordered Barricade to superficially rough the little Autobot up a bit before letting him go, just to make it look convincing. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|"Transformers: Beginnings" is a condensed, Flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}

====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
Barricade was among the Decepticons who attacked Doctor [[Hiroshi Benson]]'s laboratory. Holding his own for much of the battle, he was later incapacitated when [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and Bumblebee unleashed a powerful shock attack with the latter's stinger, forcing them into a retreat. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[File:StarscreamMilitia zombie barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Guess Barricade's a ''Trigun'' fan.]]
Barricade was killed in the <s>[[Mission City]]</s> [[Los Angeles]] battle. Immediately after the battle's conclusion, Starscream resurrected him, Blackout, and Devastator using AllSpark energy plucked from the [[AllSpark Mutation|mutations]] created during the chaos, turning all three into mindless, relentless zombies. Holding his own decapitated head in his hand, the zombie Barricade took on Optimus Prime; his noggin chewed on the Autobot leader's arm while the rest of his body kept him busy. The battle lasted only mere minutes, as Ratchet soon realized what was animating the Decepticons' bodies and instructed his fellow Autobots to target the AllSpark energy signatures, putting Barricade and his fellow zombies down permanently. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

{{note|"Starscream's Milita" was written using IDW's comic book adaptation of the movie as a springboard, and so incorporated Barricade's death as seen in it. Just as IDW themselves would ignore the scene in their future comics thanks to its deletion from the film, all subsequent Titan stories ignored Barricade's death and presented him as being alive.}}

Several years later, Barricade joined Starscream in a hit and run on the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]] in [[San Jose]] during an anti-[[Transformer]] rally. Barricade's contribution mainly consisted of being beaten up by Ironhide. Even grabbing Ironhide from behind didn't work, as Ironhide's weapons worked as rocket boosters to throw the pair backwards, and Barricade was body-slammed into a nearby building. Things were looking up after Ironhide was caught in an explosion, but the two Decepticons were mobbed by humans and when Optimus Prime turned up as well, the pair fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}
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====Alternate timeline====
[[File:Barricadeblackoutandfriends-DarkSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
In an alternate timeline in which Megatron triumphed in the battle of Mission City and the victorious Decepticons set about conquering North America, Barricade was part of two punitive Decepticon attacks: a raid on a supply convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} and after aiding Starscream taking over the Decepticon headquarters {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}, a solo strike on Cincinnati, [[Ohio]] as part of a "Stop supporting Autobots OR ELSE!" campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

When Starscream started open warfare, he made Barricade one of his generals. However, Barricade soon found himself bogged down in fighting [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] "New Decepticons". {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

====Letters page====
[[File:Lawanddisorder barricade.jpg|right|upright=2|thumb|One: I am the prettiest unicorn! Two: my mane is lustrous and fragrant, and it catches the wind perfectly! Dismissed!]]

Starscream considered Barricade a good candidate for second-in-command once he vacated the position to take over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|#16's Star Screams}} As irony would have it, Barricade ''did'' soon take over Starscream's job when the air commander had a nervous breakdown... his job as respondent for the comic's [[letters page]]! Unwilling to let the Decepticons turn the page into a propaganda machine, the Autobots dispatched [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to co-run it with him, much to Barricade's irritation. He shared Starscream's contempt for ''[[you]]'', the reader (#1), and continued the tradition of threatening violence against ''anyone'' who cosplays as an Autobot (#7). This, however, didn't stop him bragging to Ironhide when letters would be pro-Decepticon, and at one point he held a popularity contest to see who the kiddies wanted to be "subjugated by this issue!" (#6).

By the time of Barricade's stewardship of the letters, relations had broken down between the Decepticons and [[DreamWorks]], and they had returned to targeting Michael Bay and company for the pro-Autobot bent of their films. Though Barricade personally enjoyed the scene in the first film when [[Mojo|a dog]] peed on Ironhide, (#1) he refused to appear in the second, and would not even allow his likeness to be used in the video games. (#4) (He claimed he never wanted to be in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' but his tears disproved that (#12)) He later decided fame was more important than principles though, submitting a script and auditioning for a part in the third film by threatening the director with death (#8). He was absolutely ''disgusted'' by [[fandom|our]] enjoyment of the films: he lost ''friends'' during filming, man. (#10)

In the early days, he appeared to be separated from the rest of the Decepticons, as his knowledge on their current status was spotty; while he knew [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had turned traitor, he seemed unaware that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] had been terminated. (#4) He later re-established contact, being aware of [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor's]] status and [[The Fallen]]. (#7) He also had a ''shockingly'' bad knowledge of Transformers [[units of time]]. (#8)

Barricade stated how he doesn't think much of Starscream's intelligence or ability to lead (a bit of a pisser when Starscream considered ''him'' to be 2IC material!), but ''much'' prefers him over Megatron. (#1) He once explained some of Megatron's flaws, only to get scared and state how he totally respects him ''really''. (#3) He also dislikes [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], claiming the guy ''never'' pulls his weight and is just Megatron's fave. (#7) On top of that, while he followed the party line and claimed the Decepticons have "policies" (#7), he began showning signs of discontent with being a Decepticon—the long hours, the lousy food, the admin work (#5)—leading Ironhide to start offering him the chance to defect to the Autobots. Barricade outright rejected this offer the first time, saying he couldn't bear the thought of listening to Optimus moralise (#9); the second time, however, he merely stated the horrific penalties for defecting Decepticons (#10) and the third, he desperately said he just ''couldn't'' do it, even if it would be nice to hang with other cars for once... BUT HE CAN'T! Ironhide's friendliness began starting to disturb him. (#11) He did, however, become fed up of Ironhide bringing up how Bumblebee kicked his arse, and became determined to get revenge on "that little yellow cretin"...

Barricade would reveal other assorted factoids about his history and personal tastes during his time as host. Like Starscream, he was active on Earth during the 1980s, at which time he was a [[Barricade (G1)|Micromaster]]. (#12) He watched the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''Transformers'' cartoon]] broadcast at the time (#3) and approved of humanity's fascination with giant robots. In contrast, he is ''completely'' bewildered by pop music. (#7) He's terrified of [[Unicron]]. (#6) He's apparently got an optic for [[Female Transformer|the ladies]], or at least the heavily armed ones, making sure to flirt right back when a neutral femme wrote into the letter's column looking to play "bad cop/bad cop pretending to be good cop" with him. (#5)

===Toy bios===
As a born liar, the greatest thrill in Barricade's life is knowing people trust him because of the decorations on his police car mode's panels. The look of betrayal they get when they realize what they are ''really'' dealing with is as sweet as candy. However, he likes chasing down Autobots and breaking them into pieces with his bare hands even better. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|''Transformers'' Deluxe Barricade}}

Barricade would serve as a spy for Megatron, sneaking in among enemies and learning as much as he can before destroying every trace he was ever there with his powerful lasers. His whirling Blade Shield could carve through even the toughest materials, making it the perfect tool for breaking into secure buildings or carving through armored data cases. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Blade Shield Barricade}}

Being physically equal or better to [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], Barricade became extremely annoyed that he could not match the Autobot's skill in insults. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Allspark2pack|Cliffjumper Vs Recon Barricade}}

Once the AllSpark was located and Megatron was freed, the Decepticons infiltrated the Hover Dam with Barricade leading the charge. Disguised as local security, he gazed hungrily at the dam's fragile structure and the destructive power of the millions of gallons of water trapped behind it. To him, one missile could unleash a storm of destruction he has never seen before. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#DeluxeRecon|Recon Barricade (Deluxe)}}

Supercharged by the AllSpark, Barricade gained the ability to disguise himself, becoming almost impossible to detect among similar human law enforcement vehicles. This superpower gave him opportunities to cause havoc among the Autobots' human allies. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#AllsparkEnhanced|Allspark-Enhanced Barricade}}

Recovering from the damages he sustained during the battle of Mission City, Barricade was at a loss from there. With Megatron destroyed and his other teammates missing, it became more and more difficult to catch an Autobot alone. Tormenting humans also became less enjoyable than he thought it would be. Fading into the background, he decided to keep his armor polished and his vehicle mode looking sharp in the hope that Megatron will one day return and lead the Decepticons to glory. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Premium|Premium Series Barricade}}

Electing to remain on Earth while Starscream returned to Cybertron, Barricade devoted his time on Earth to gathering intelligence for the inevitable rise of the Decepticons. He would stalk and capture important humans to scan and interrogate before disposing of his captives using the highly sensitive probes built into his vehicle mode. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Interrogator Barricade}}

Barricade has worked together with Frenzy for centuries, their perfect partnership designed for one purpose: to hunt down and destroy whatever target Megatron assigns to them. Frenzy would use his hyperactive hunger for information to guide the relentless pursuit at which Barricade specializes. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Human Alliance|Human Alliance Barricade with Frenzy}}

Barricade and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] had been stalking each other for a long time, each of them determined to catch the other by surprise. After a days-long game of cat-and-mouse, they came together in inevitable combat where only the most skillful warrior would walk away. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Hunters Rumble}}

Though he has been deactivated more times than he can count, Barricade's "deaths" have all been in service to Megatron. All he would ask for is the opportunity to hunt, which his master is generous to provide. As long as he is given this privilege, Barricade will gladly suffer a ''thousand'' deactivations. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Cyberverse Barricade}}

Barricade prefers to find potential victims over making friends. Due to his reputation of tricking people into trusting him using his vehicle mode, he can stalk and eliminate nearly any Autobot he wishes. They and their human allies alike should take cover when they notice police sirens in the distance because it could otherwise be the last thing they ever hear. {{storylink|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe Barricade}}

===Transformers Mix & Match books===
{{Note|Due to the malleable storytelling format of the Mix & Match books, listed here is Barricade's story role if all the segments visually featuring him are lined-up. For all the possible iterations of his role in the story, see the [[Transformers Mix & Match]] page.}}
Barricade hung out with [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and spied on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[Óscar Flores]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Duda Espinoza]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:Cyber Missions Barricade.JPG‎|thumb|upright=1.5|You must agree that his head is somewhat deformed.]]
After a high speed pursuit through [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Barricade managed to ditch [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and used
his [[Moustache Man|holo avatar]] to break into a secure facility. Standing guard while [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] raided the computers, he somehow failed to hear Sideswipe bushwhack his partner and was only alerted when Frenzy's crumpled-up form rolled into his foot. After throwing Frenzy at Sideswipe, Barricade engaged the Autobot in combat, managing to defeat him by freezing him to a wall. He then made off with Frenzy and the [[NEST]] access codes. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}}

Later, Barricade and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] confronted [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Looking to steal one of Ironhide's weapons, Lockdown took a missile instead, which blew up in his face. While Lockdown was dazed, Ironhide punched Barricade out and dumped a truckload of rocks on top of him. Barricade pleaded with Lockdown for help, but the explosion damaged Lockdown's optics, and he fled. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Later, Barricade was among the Decepticons Megatron led on a mission to free the captured Soundwave. He arrived after Megatron derailed the train Soundwave was believed to be on, but true to his history, disappeared from sight soon after. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Barricade and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] were sent to [[Tokyo]] to cause a diversion. The Autobots soon turned up, and Barricade clashed briefly with Sideswipe before being hoisted into the air by Optimus. A short time later, Grindor crashed on top of him. Defeated, Barricade was picked up by Grindor and they departed, but not before letting Optimus know he'd been had. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
[[File:BeCool patrolcar and americanpatrolcar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|"Kaon cops are on the take! But what do you expect, for the money we make?"]]
'''American Patrol Car''' (アメリカンパトカー ''Amerikan Patokā'') spoke English, but was still capable of communication with his Japanese-speaking fellow BeCool Transformers, albeit with a heavy English-speaking accent. He was part of the audience of ''Quiz! BeCool'' {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and later joined his police force partner [[Prowl (G1)|Patrol Car]] to welcome audiences to [[Surprise World|the world in which the BeCool robots lived]]. The pair failed to notice when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Garbage Truck]] accidentally dropped a [[banana]] peel in the course of his job, so when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]] hit the peel and went spinning through the city streets, they thought he was just driving recklessly and sped after him. Unfortunately, they failed to stop him before he crashed into a bunch of other 'bots, necessitating the medical aid of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ambulance]], who American Patrol Car explained to the audience was the town doctor. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}}
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===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
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==Games==
==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
[[File:FlightoftheBumblebee bee vs barricade.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Whether you're a truck, or you're a Porsche, we don't mind using excessive force! Bad cops, bad cops!!"]]
Barricade was one of a group of Decepticons who trapped Bumblebee in a canyon. He stood around on a rocky butte, walking back and forth and waiting for Bumblebee to drive up to him. When the Autobot dropped in, Barricade immediately opened fire, blasting Bumblebee continuously. Unfortunately, Bumblebee had the idea to shoot back, blasting him right out of the picture with just one shot. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}
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===Transformers The Game (console)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)|[[Frédéric Norbert]] (French), [[David García Vázquez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian)}}
====Autobot campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade vs bee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Out of the shadows... the spies announce themselves now?"]]
Barricade was sent to Tranquility to hunt down Sam Witwicky and the glasses that held the location of the AllSpark. He attempted to capture Sam and Mikaela outside their high school, but Bumblebee stepped in. The humans fled for the nearby baseball field with Barricade in pursuit, but Bumblebee beat him to them, protecting them while they ran away again. He followed them to the power plant, but was once again foiled by Bumblebee and sent packing.

Later, in [[Mission City]], Barricade made one last grab for the AllSpark after [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] had each fallen to the Autobots. However, he was once again intercepted by Bumblebee, and finally defeated for good. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
[[File:TFtheGame barricade threatens sam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Were it so easy..."]]
Upon reaching Tranquility and choosing his [[alternate mode]], Barricade attempted some recon, but encountered a squad of Autobot drones, a battle which spilled out to the local baseball field. Shortly afterwards, he was informed by Starscream that [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] had information they needed, but the diminutive Decepticon had been captured by [[Sector Seven]] agents. Barricade tracked them to the power plant, then hounded the agents across town in their highly resistant van, wrecking every building in his path until Frenzy was recovered.

Finally on the trail of Sam, he was stopped cold by Sam's protector Bumblebee. Barricade got the upper hand, but the Autobot led him on a chase that ended in [[Bay Demolition|Bay's Demolition]] lot, and an ambush courtesy of a lot of Autobot drones. Barricade overcame the odds and hunted down Bumblebee once more, finally besting the Autobot and taking the glasses from Sam. Decoding Megatron and the AllSpark's location from them, Barricade relayed his findings to Starscream, who, together with Blackout, soon struck [[Hoover Dam]] and liberated their leader.

When the Decepticons converged on Mission City, Barricade was tasked with taking out the Autobot [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]. He later stood in Megatron's presence after the AllSpark had been recovered and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered the Earth to be destroyed before they left it on their way to conquering all of known space. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]]}}
[[File:TFtheGamePSP barricade hooverdam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Even on my knees I do not belong in his presence."]]
Barricade and a platoon of Decepticon drones pursued Sam Witwicky in an attempt to obtain his grandfather's glasses, but were defeated in a battle at a steel processing plant by the human's protector, Bumblebee. A short time later, learning from Frenzy that Megatron's frozen body was being held at Hoover Dam by Sector Seven, Barricade and Starscream attacked the facility. Barricade penetrated the dam and located Megatron's body, deactivating the machines that were keeping him frozen. When Megatron did not immediately reactivate, Barricade assumed his leader was dead after all, but Megatron soon shook off the deep freeze treatment to prove his subordinate wrong. Megatron jetted off to acquire some fresh energy for himself, while Barricade reported on Megatron's awakening to Starscream, who was not best pleased with the news. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}
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===''Transformers Autobots/Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Keith David]] (English)}}
====''Transformers: Autobots''====
[[File:TFtheGameDS Barricade and friend vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|'''Optimus''': Gasp! Is that Shockwa- '''Barricade''': No, no, no, he's off doing stuff on Cybertron or something or other and-look, can we just fight?]]
When Bumblebee went to investigate the source of an image found on the internet, he found Barricade waiting for him. Barricade blew up a nearby car and took off, sending out messages on the police radio that Bumblebee was responsible. After failing to lose Bumblebee in spite of all of [[Tranquility]]'s police force being after him, he engaged him in combat. Unable to defeat Bumblebee, he hastily retreated. Later on, he encountered Bumblebee and Optimus Prime as the two were leaving [[Hoover Dam]]. With a large helicopter Decepticon at his side, he tried to persuade Optimus to let him have the Allspark. After Prime predictably refused, Barricade started to demand the AllSpark from Prime, not even caring about the consequences. He was killed, but revealed to Prime he was merely a distraction while other Decepticons freed Megatron from his icy prison. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

====''Transformers: Decepticons''====
{{quote|"Weakness breeds fear, and fear makes every ally an enemy, that's why we Decepticons don't tolerate weakness!"
|Barricade's lesson to the player}}
[[File:TFtheGameDS barricade dies.jpg|thumb||''Guess I got what I deserved... Kept you waiting there too long, my love...'' |upright=1.2]]

When the [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Decepticon Create-A-Bot]] arrived on Earth, his mentor, Starscream, directed him to rendezvous with Barricade, already active on the planet and commanding some of the Decepticon forces there. Barricade was not enamored with the idea of a partner, feeling that the Create-A-Bot would only slow him down, but after putting the rookie through his paces, he permitted him to join him on his mission in the town of [[Tranquility]]. Barricade revealed to the Create-A-Bot what Starscream had not—that the signal which had brought the Decepticons to Earth had come from Megatron himself. The rookie dismissed Megatron as a relic, and was struck by Barricade for the insult. With some help from the rookie, Barricade discovered that the Autobot Bumblebee was already on Megatron's trail; Barricade pursued Bumblebee, defeated him in battle on the outskirts of Tranquility, and acquired the data he had gathered.

Now aware that the human military organization [[Sector Seven]] was holding Megatron, Barricade arranged for [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] to transport the Create-A-Bot to a [[Qatar]] military base, where they and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] hacked Sector Seven's databanks. The file they obtained was brought back to Barricade in Tranquility for deciphering, and revealed that Megatron was being held by Sector Seven in the [[Hoover Dam]]. The Create-A-Bot suggesting relaying this to Starscream, but Barricade loudly refuted the idea, happy that the impending resurrection of Megatron would mean that he would no longer have to serve under a cowardly, back-stabbing bureaucrat like Starscream. Swayed by Barricade's words, the rookie revealed a fact that Starscream had told only him—that the AllSpark was also present on Earth. Shocked by the revelation, Barricade realized that Starscream had been scheming to acquire the AllSpark for himself, to ensure that not even Megatron could remove him from power. With the rookie now turned from Starscream and on his side, Barricade was able to liberate Megatron from Sector Seven, and the Decepticons pursued the Autobots, now in possession of the AllSpark, back to Tranquility.

During the ensuing battle, Starscream finally claimed the AllSpark from Bumblebee, and Barricade stood against him, intent on bringing him in for treason. Alas, the AllSpark-powered Starscream destroyed Barricade, but in death, Barricade proved to the Create-A-Bot what it truly meant to be a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}
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===Allspark Highway===
Barricade and the Decepticons tried to keep the Autobots from delivering the Allspark to safety. There were lots of him. {{storylink|Allspark Highway}}

===''Transformers Video Mash-Up''===
{{note|Various short clips featuring Barricade were available for users to custom-create their own short film about the Transformers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Video Mash-Up}}

===''Second Life''===
[[File:2007movie Barricade SLavatar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2]|Barricade cosplay (Frenzy not included)]]
{{note|In the virtual world simulator/online game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and offered free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming.}}

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===''Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons'' (Nintendo DS)===
{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}
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===''MechTech Weapons Challenge''===
Bumblebee could use Barricade's robot wrecking claw to aid him in his missions to retrieve MechTech weapons technology stolen by the Decepticons. {{storylink|MechTech Weapons Challenge}}

===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Barricade joined the rest of the Decepticons in combating the Autobots on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-barricade.jpg|thumb|left|What's the matter, don't you trust cops?]]
Barricade participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Moustache Pig#As Barricade}}
Barricade appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Moustache Pig. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}}}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Barricade-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Oh, you want to use a special attack? Good luck with that."]]
Barricade was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[Live-action film series|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Optimus Prime]] encountered Barricade on one of their missions, and Barricade demanded to know if he was [[Sam Witwicky|Ladiesmans217]]. [[Prowl (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|Prowl]] got a read-out on the Decepticon, and they eventually had a Good Cop vs. Bad Cop showdown. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#Chapter 1:Realities Collide|Good Cop Bad Cop}}2nd Encounter
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight#|It's in our DNA}}
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==Toys==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Barricade (Movie)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*In an early version of the movie's script, Barricade and Frenzy's roles were shared by a single character named "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]". He would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters (rather than Air Force One) in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape.<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>
[[File:Early-Brawl-Barricade-Concept.jpg|thumb|150px|Different name, different head, different car, same guy. As far as we know, anyway!]]
*[[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] was originally part of the Autobot line up for the movie, but was removed, as the writers loved the perverse idea of making the police car a Decepticon.
*An early working name for Barricade was '''Brawl''',<ref name="barribrawl">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Botcon-2007/Hasbro-Tour/PICT5108.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Early design for Barricade with working name "Brawl" shown during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour]</ref> which was later given to [[Brawl (Movie)|another movie character]]. [[:File:EarlyMovieBarricadeHead.jpg|Early concept art]] of the character created when he was going by this name<ref name="barribrawl"/> (pictured at right) suggests that he was originally going to transform into a white and black Crown Victoria (somewhat akin to Prowl's original G1 color scheme). The head design from this early concept artwork managed to show up on a few pieces of merchandise for the first film (such as a set of temporary tattoos), was used as inspiration for Barricade's Cybertronian-mode head in IDW's "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]," and would later inexplicably show up as a profile link for Barricade's [[Bio#Online bios|Battle Bio]] on Hasbro's website.
*In the first movie, Barricade sports the [[license plate]] "1-4027E", registered in Oklahoma. It can be briefly glimpsed when he slows down after having seemingly cornered Bumblebee, but is more clearly seen in set photos. Oddly enough, that plate ''also'' shows up on ''[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz's]]'' [[robot mode]] chest in the same movie. The Deluxe Class Recon Barricade [[redeco]] toy, meanwhile, sports the plate "SAGE2764", a reference pertaining to deco designer [[Joe Kyde]], the [[Premium Series]] redeco of the Deluxe toy sports the plate "DCPTCN" for "Decepticon", and the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] toy sports the plate "2PN-SLV", referring to Barricade's infamous "To punish and enslave..." markings.
*The [http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/27/ebay-find-of-the-day-saleen-barricade-replica/ promotional Saleen S281E cars] that appeared at events and premieres featured the slogan "Power in the hands of a few" rather than the "To punish and enslave" motto, as well as Saleen decals rather than the Decepticon decals seen in the movie.
*By placing Barricade's arrival on Earth in 2003, [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]'' seems to contradict the very existence of his [[alternate mode]], since it is a 2006 model car. Not so— the Mustang design that would eventually be the 2006 model debuted sometime in 2003, with police car modifications showing up in car shows not long after. It could very well be that, similar to when/how Jazz scanned a Solstice in a dealership late at night, Barricade scanned a Police Mustang in one such car show display after-hours, explaining why there were "no witnesses" after he assumed this form ''and'' why his police deco has no state or city markings/I.D.
[[File:Movie2007 Barricade carweapon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|150px|This looks familiar!]]
*In a deleted scene set during Barricade's pursuit of Bumblebee, the Decepticon was to deploy serrated drill-like missiles from his hood and fire them at the fleeing Autobot. The scene was filmed, as evidenced by artist [[Sean Haworth]]'s photograph of the constructed and fitted weapon prop (right), and its removal at least partially helps to explain the abrupt shift from day to night that occurs during the chase. The scene remains in IDW's comic book adaptation of the film, and the weapons are optional extras for RadioShack's ''XMODS® Evolution'' Barricade model kit.
*If one were to only accept the film itself as [[canon]], there is no real evidence of his supposed "rivalry" with Bumblebee which Hasbro and IDW kept pushing as a defining trait of his character since 2007. He just happens to be the Decepticon to first make contact with Sam Witwicky, Bumblebee intervenes and then fights and defeats Barricade. There is nothing in the film itself that would suggest that the two have a history, or even actually ''know'' each other personally beforehand. However, Hasbro gave the pairing of the two as enemies a lot of prominence in their toyline that accompanied the film, and IDW's prequel and sequel comics established previous and subsequent encounters of the two on Earth. Barricade's two subsequent film appearances eventually ''do'' establish a recurring history/rivalry with Bumblebee of sorts, though: In ''Dark of the Moon'', he delivers a captured Bumblebee a kick to the back, and the two briefly face off again during ''The Last Knight''.

===Other films===
*When asked about Barricade's disappearance from the first film, writer [[Roberto Orci]] stated in a message board Q&A session that it was a "thread for Movie 2".<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=384946&postcount=33 Roberto Orci on Barricade's fate in the movie, at the official movie boards]</ref> As it happened, Barricade didn't turn up in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; two years later, Orci stated that he honestly couldn't remember why.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Orci's Q&A at TFW2005]</ref>
*A common misconception among fans is that Barricade's Saleen Mustang alternate mode was spotted on the set of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is not true. In fact, a truck transporting three "Barricade" prop vehicles was spotted in Culver City, California, in March 2008, more than two months before principal shooting for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' started.<ref name="vehspotted">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/transformersnews.php?id=6980 Superhero Hype reporting on the spotting of Barricade vehicles in March 2008]</ref>
*An early idea writer [[Chris Mowry]] had for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic book prequel ''[[Transformers: Alliance]]'' was to depict Barricade's transformation into new movie character [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], but Hasbro rejected the idea.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165-page2.html#vmessage170099]</ref> Another of Mowry's ideas for ''Alliance'' involved having Barricade reformat into a police boat to retrieve Megatron's at-sea remains. Mowry notes he would have been confronted by [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]]; whether this means Storm Surge was an Autobot at this point in development, or if there was dissension in the Decepticon ranks, is unclear.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165.html#vmessage281346]</ref>
*Barricade doesn't ''technically'' speak in ''Dark of the Moon'', but an editing gaffe as he kicks Que around before executing him sees Soundwave's voice (provided by [[Frank Welker]]) coming out of his mouth for the scene.
**A similar issue is present during the ''The Last Knight''. A voice reminiscent of Welker's Soundwave voice is present during the [[Stonehenge]] sequence near the end of the film. As Welker's voice had been used for Barricade in the past, it's rather tempting to write this off as him talking, despite Harnell providing most of the dialogue in the film.
*Despite all the marketing and promotional material leading up to the release of ''The Last Knight'' portraying him with a mask/helmet, he never uses it in the film itself and has a fully exposed face all throughout. One piece of concept art even depicts him with police shades. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/22580549_156168284980549_4064834079172853760_n-jpg.27831803/ Seriously.]
*Barricade's vehicle mode color in ''The Last Knight'' varies from scene to scene: He possesses a glossy midnight blue color on his vehicle prop shells. During his transformation sequence, his midnight blue is painted in a brighter metallic shade.
*Barricade's appearance in ''The Last Knight'' serves as the basis for the [[Evergreen]] design used to create the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' [[Barricade (IDW)|version of the character]].

===Disappearances and reappearances===
[[File:Barricade-comicsadaptation-death.jpg|upright=1.25|thumb|right|F*** tha poh-leece!]]
*Barricade abruptly disappears from the first live-action film during the highway battle, last appearing as Bonecrusher moves forward to engage Optimus Prime. As evidenced by scenes in the novelization and comic book adaptations of the film (right), he was supposed to join Bonecrusher in attacking the Autobot leader, and would have been destroyed by Optimus after Bonecrusher.
*Alternatively, the children's chapter book adaptation of the film, ''[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]'', describes Barricade as being destroyed by the US military.
*At the time, Barricade's fate caused a great deal of speculation, and [[IDW Publishing]] capitalized on the character's ambiguous fate to "overwrite" his death from their comic adaptation, revealing instead in ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' that he had been forced off the road by Ironhide and drove into a roadway bridge pillar, knocking himself out.
*Barricade subsequently reappeared in several further IDW comics before returning to the screen in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', where he lost his eyes and leg by NEST soldiers before disappearing, presumably killed by NEST or the Autobots.
*However, Barricade appears alive and well in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', [[retcon]]ning his potential death in ''Dark of the Moon''. Oddly enough, it is mentioned in that film that he has been under government surveillance. Last seen coming under attack by the British military, Barricade apparently continuing his tradition of having an ambiguous fate near the end of every odd-numbered film.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Barricade''' (バリケード ''Barikēdo'')
*''Korean:'' '''Barricade''' (바리케이드 ''Balikeideu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pàn Guān''' (Taiwan, 判官, "The Magistrate"), '''Lùzhàng''' (China, 路障, "Barricade")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Barycada''' (Барикада, "Barricade")

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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|disambig=Barricade (disambiguation)
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*[[Barricade (Animated)|Barricade]], the [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] menu headshot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]], the [[Decepticon]] dirty cop from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], the Decepticon dirty cop from the [[2005 IDW continuity]].}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.instagram.com/p/BXWEuoJhy0L/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/BaZbUBgjWCk/], [https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba0R7EODw-k/] ''The Last Knight'' Barricade concept art by Josh Nizzi on Instagram

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: ''Astrotrain is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TransformersCollectionAstrotrainDatafile.jpg|upright=2.3|thumb|Choo Choo Rocket]]

'''Astrotrain''' loves to sow confusion. To this end, his [[Triple Changer]] abilities serve him well. Nothing pleases him more than confronting an Autobot in a dark corner and making him wonder if he's up against one Decepticon or two. He craves having this power over others. Single-minded, you may say, but when most of your time is spent transporting troops around, you have to take your jollies where you can. He wants more from life, but it's either fly the other Decepticons around, or get scrapped by them.

He also craves having power over a massive [[Astroforce|army of train drones]]. Follow your dreams, Astrotrain. Follow your dreams.

{{bigquote|It's always the same thing. I fly them to points unknown, exhaust all my fuel, and they get to have all the fun.|Astrotrain on his eternal role as the Decepticons' ride|"[[The Gambler]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Mingyu]] (Chinese), [[Jorge García]] (Latin American), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "Hoist Goes Hollywood", ''The Movie''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, "The Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Christoph Lindert]] (German, "The Killing Jar" Generation 1 and "Triple Takeover" ''Generation 2''), [[Walter von Hauff]] (German, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Gernot Duda]] (German, "The Big Broadcast of 2006"), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "The Burden Hardest to Bear"), [[Gerd Rigauer]] (German, "Prime Target" ''Generation 2''), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, "Ghost in the Machine" ''Generation 2''), [[Hélio Ribeiro]] (Portuguese), [[Júlio César]] (Portuguese, "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[José Sant'anna]] (Portuguese, ''The Movie'' TV dub), [[Ronaldo Artinic]] (Portuguese, ''The Movie'' Fox Kids dub), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Blaster Blues" & "Cosmic Rust"), [[Pierre Garin]] (European French, "The God Gambit"), Unknown actors (European French, "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "Hoist goes Hollywood" & "Chaos"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Gambler"), [[Serge Lhorca]] (European French, "Sea Change" & "Prime Target"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Triple Takeover"), [[Seong-ho Shin]] (Korean, ''The Movie'' (KBS dub)}}

[[File:AstrotrainTakeover.jpg|left|thumb|It doesn't matter if you're grey or white... if you're a boy or a girl...]]
Astrotrain arrived on [[Earth]] during the second year of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s campaign to conquer the planet and its energy resources. His activities prior to that point remain unclear, but he was first seen guarding human slaves in an energy mine following the Decepticon takeover of [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]. When the Autobots returned from a brief exile in space, Astrotrain and his comrades were defeated and sent packing. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

He once transported Megatron to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] where he and the Decepticons' leader attempted to jam Earth's radio waves. The attempt was interrupted by the arrival of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Carly (G1)|Carly]], and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Astrotrain engaged in a bad pun, accused Omega Supreme of being too outdated to catch him, and then was the victim of a Cybertronian's impression of a sandworm (see image) before being thrown a few planetary diameters. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:Omegasupreme astrotrain.jpg|thumb|Behold my mighty hand!]]
Typically one of the more easy-going among the Decepticons, even Astrotrain isn't above letting a little power go to his head. While tracking [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], he shot down the Autobot, who had been on a fuel scouting mission, and managed to trick the [[Titan (species)|people]] of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] into believing that he was one of their [[Sky God]]s, so that they would mine [[energy crystal]]s for him and the Decepticons. Astrotrain used [[Jero]], a corrupt High Priest who was as fanatical as he was ruthless, to further his ends. However, the Autobots [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] arrived aboard Omega Supreme looking for Cosmos. Omega Supreme was virtually out of fuel after the trip, but the Autobots soon managed to refuel him using the energy crystals. Knowing that he, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] alone couldn't beat Omega Supreme, Astrotrain destroyed the crystals in a fit of pique before flying off, leaving Jero to die like the worm he was. Harsh, Astrotrain, harsh. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

Astrotrain was used by Megatron to transport energy rich asteroid ore being mined by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] in high orbit. Astrotrain maintained his shuttle mode so that [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] could load him with cargo. He apparently did not have very keen sensors in that form, as the Autobot Cosmos was able to very clumsily swipe some ore from his open cargo bay, then loudly fell over Astrotrain's side without the Decepticon even reacting. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

Astrotrain later transported [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to the planet [[Monacus]] to check up on Decepticon sympathizer [[Gyconi|Lord Gyconi]]. When they learned that Gyconi had captured a number of Autobots and brainwashed them into mindless slaves, the Decepticons tried to stow them aboard Astrotrain to take them back to Megatron. However, their plan was stopped by [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and [[Slizardo]], and the latter two followed Astrotrain into space as he escaped with his comrades. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

[[File:TripleTakeover-ThrustAndAstrotrain.jpg|thumb|left|]]

When [[Deceptitran]] sent word for assistance in overcoming [[Tlalakan (species)|Tlalakan]] rebels, Astrotrain transported Megatron and his warriors to that distant world to protect their energon horde. The rebellion gained Transformer aid of their own, though, and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and friends drove off the Decepticons and led the Tlalakans to freedom. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

However, the incident on Titan had given Astrotrain a taste of power, and he decided he liked it. With the help of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Astrotrain froze Megatron and Starscream in a sewer system in order to take over the Decepticons. He then created an army of trains to help him rule, thinking it was a good idea. Although he managed to amass a surprisingly large amount of [[energon cube]]s, the productive day ended with him flooding the entire city after bursting a water main. Worse, Megatron thawed out. The embarrassment of these incidents forced Astrotrain to creep back into the Decepticon ranks quietly... at [[fusion cannon]] point. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

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[[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] used Astrotrain's likeness as a lure to capture [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]]. Megatron later sent the real Astrotrain (as well as Blitzwing) to go negotiate with Chumley so they could team up to annihilate the Autobots. The Triple Changers arrived in time to see Optimus refuse to rescue a distressed young woman. Astrotrain was curious, but Blitzwing fell for the ruse and got stuck, so Astrotrain was left with no other option but going to the castle to free him. On his way there, Astrotrain found Chumley using a [[Chumley's arachnoid drones|robotic scorpion]] to fight Optimus Prime, and proposed Megatron's deal. Chumley responded by flinging the Decepticon away, hanging him up to the walls, and defusing his weapons. Astrotrain was frustrated and explained himself, but Chumley rejected the notion and claimed he'd rather have the help of an aardvark. But as Prime inched closer, Chumley panicked and freed the Decepticons, who promptly made their getaway. He learned that day, to never trust Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

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Megatron dispatched Astrotrain, Starscream, Ramjet, and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in order to catch the [[Female Autobots]], making up for Shockwave's failure. Running into their leader, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], Astrotrain and Ramjet grabbed her and took her prisoner. When Optimus Prime arrived to rescue Elita, she kicked Astrotrain in the face, forcing him to lose his grip. He recovered and was able to celebrate Prime's apparent disintegration, later got zapped by the duo of [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]], and in shuttle mode he transported the retreating Decepticons away. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Megatron's next mission for Astrotrain was to go with Thrust and Ramjet to salvage Dirge and his cargo, who crashed in a swamp near a movie set. When they arrived, Astrotrain deployed a pair of claws to haul Dirge back, while a nearby [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] filmed them. Once they returned to headquarters, Astrotrain informed Megatron of the film crew that was watching them as they carted the device, and the enraged Megatron set out to destroy the film. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Astrotrain transported Megatron, Starscream and Rumble to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], where they discovered the entire civilization had been wiped out by the deadly [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Not heeding a holographic warning from the Autobots, Megatron ventured further into the colony and seized an [[Lightning Bug|advanced heat ray weapon]] from its storage chamber. As they left Antilla, a Cosmic Rust spore-filled asteroid appeared to chase after Astrotrain, prompting Megatron to test out of the power of the 'Lightning Bug' weapon on the space rock. The blast obliterated the asteroid, but the shrapnel from the explosion pierced Astrotrain's hull and punctured Megatron's chest plate, infecting him with Cosmic Rust. The damage put Astrotrain out of commission for weeks, though it's unclear if he too was infected like his leader. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[File:TFTM-AstrotrainCoronation.jpg|thumb|I guess you could say it's his... ''crowning moment''! Gah ha ha ha!]]
Astrotrain witnessed Starscream throw a fit over Megatron's obsession with Shockwave, and was surprised as everyone else when the Seeker shot Megatron in the back. But when Megatron overpowered his subordinate, Astrotrain was disgusted and allowed Starscream to be humiliated. He was then present for a battle with Starscream's new team of [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], but didn't contribute anything in particular. At the end of the day, Megatron ordered Astrotrain to take the traitorous Starscream and the Combaticons to an asteroid floating through space, where they would be banished forever. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Astrotrain could be glimpsed on the simulation of Megatron's [[orbit disruptor cannon]], but did not get to actually see it in person. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

In the year [[2005]], he transported the Decepticons away after getting their aft-sections [[Battle of Autobot City|handed to them]] at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. He couldn't make it back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the amount of weight on board, so they tossed [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|some]] [[Insecticon (G1)|dead]] [[Thundercracker (G1)|weight]] overboard. After that, Astrotrain served as the ring for the subsequent fight among the Decepticons to replace the ejected Megatron, where the Constructicons formed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] inside him (slag, Astrotrain is big!) and Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] used their piledrivers (slag, Astrotrain is sturdy!) Apparently, they all made it back fine, and Astrotrain was the one to crown Starscream during his coronation as the new [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|Astrotrain's involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]".}}

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When the Decepticons lost their hold on Cybertron, Astrotrain went with the rest of them to [[Chaar]], where he was seen trying to deliver Energon cubes to the starving army. When he tried to take a cube for himself while the Constructicons were fighting amongst themselves for the energy, they merged into Devastator and kicked him aside. Devastator was then distracted by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and Astrotrain made another move for the cube, only to be shot by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Such is life. When Cyclonus insulted the Decepticons for their behavior, Astrotrain somewhat notably mentioned that he knew [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and Megatron "were the same guy". Cyclonus later stated that he needed energon as it was needed to revive Galvatron, and Astrotrain gave him the rest of his supplies. He got an inspirational speech in return. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

When the Quintessons offered the Decepticons energon, Astrotrain joined his cohorts in the feasting, and when the Quintessons made a proposition, he agreed to go with it and went to battle the Autobots with everyone else. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} He later participated in a battle in space under unknown circumstances. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (episode)|The Killing Jar}}

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Astrotrain then helped Galvatron and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] with the plan to destroy Cybertron with a [[death crystal cannon]], supervising the loading of the cannon with the deadly crystals. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Later on, when [[Scourge (G1)|intruders]] found their way inside [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Astrotrain responded to the alarm but ended up being possessed by Starscream's [[Spark|ghost]] because of his useful cargo space. Starscream flew his body most of the way to [[Unicron]]'s head, then left it when he closed in on Cybertron, leaving Astrotrain to be shot down by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. Astrotrain was then captured and interrogated by the Autobots, but was as confused as they were about why he had been flying so close to Cybertron all by himself. He was later released as a way of thanking Scourge for revealing Unicron's plans to them. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Later, Astrotrain stumbled upon [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in space and battled him until the two were suddenly interrupted by a laser barrage from the nearby [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] and retreated. Astrotrain returned to Chaar to report this to Galvatron, who punched him in the face, insulted him and stated that he didn't care. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

Astrotrain was later seen participating in a Decepticon attack on Japan, trying to ram a bullet train head-on, before being driven off by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
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In the mid-1990s, Astrotrain ferried the Decepticons through space for their attack on the orbital interstellar teleportation platform known as the ''[[Trigger]]'', created as part of a joint effort between the Autobots and the American government. His shuttle mode serving as the perfect disguise to allow the villains to draw in close before striking, he raised brief suspicion by not matching any known Earthly spacecraft, but when Starscream and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] deployed from within him and flew on ahead, the impossible sight of jets flying in outer space led the ''Trigger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew to believe Astrotrain and his passengers were Autobots. This fatal mistake led to the deaths of three of the four-man crew at the Decepticons' hands before the Autobots arrived to rout the villains. Astrotrain transformed for battle ''without'' changing size and entered the fray as a gigantic robot, but even his huge size couldn't win the day, and the Decepticons withdrew. {{storylink|First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact}}

Several months later, Astrotrain was employed by Starscream to carry the large payload of energon cubes he had gathered through a deal with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]] back to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]]. When the Decepticons came under attack by the Autobots, Astrotrain took flight, but his escape was barricaded by the time-displaced ghost of Starscream from the future (yes, really), {{storylink|Activation}} who spirited the present-day Starscream and the energon cubes away to the ''Trigger''. Astrotrain nervously reported this baffling turn of events to his leader, then joined with all the other Decepticons and Autobots in attacking the twin Starscreams, who had fused their body with the ''Trigger''. The battle ended when Optimus Prime and Megatron combined their power to destroy Starscream's new body, but the backwash from the explosion was so powerful that Astrotrain and all the other Transformers were sent hurtling down to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry, and were not heard from again for many months. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
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Astrotrain, Blitzwing, and [[Octane]] were amongst the troops serving under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] in Trypticon on Earth in the year 2011. Together, they helped Sixshot distract [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and his warriors from assisting the Autobots' forces on Cybertron when Galvatron staged a major attack on the planet. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} The three were later dispatched to protect Trypticon from an attack by the Autobot Triple Changers [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], unaware that it was just a distraction to allow [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] to infiltrate the base. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} He also served as Galvatron's personal transport to the planet [[Praum]], where the Decepticons had set a trap for the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} He also transported Galvatron and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] to Earth from Chaar, where they prepared their strike on Cybertron. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Astrotrain then went into Earth's orbit to help steal the energy-gathering satellite known as [[Sol 1]], {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} and much later he witnessed [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] reveal his gigantic [[transtector]] at [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Astrotrain joined the rest of the Decepticon forces in the [[Arctic]] for [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]'s final assault on the Earth. When the Autobots proved victorious, he and the rest of the Decepticons were driven from the Earth and into the reaches of space. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
When [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] attempted to overthrow Megatron in the 1980s, he blasted Astrotrain and some other Decepticons to establish dominance. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}} Astrotrain was part of a group of Decepticons who fell in a pitfall trap prepared by [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]], but being Decepticons, they simply flew back out. {{storylink|Jumpstarter Chapter#Operation: Destroy the Decepticons|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Under Scorponok's command, Astrotrain was battling [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s forces in space when Scorponok detonated a nearby [[black hole]], infecting Autobots and Decepticons alike with [[Black ball|miniature black holes]] that doomed their bodies to shrink into nothingness. They only survived by giving up their bodies and converting their heads into small [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] forms. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Astrotrain traveled to the [[Legends World]] and worked for [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon Tera-Kura Co.]], but was hard pressed to transport much of anything in his tiny new form and ended up losing his job as cargo transporter to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Fortunately, he encountered roboticist and fugitive [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and blackmailed him into building him a [[transtector]] in exchange for protection from the police, after which his ambition grew and he made plans to conquer the world. By forming the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] and promising new employees free copies of his transtector, he lured in other bodiless Headmasters, then used restrain devices in the transtectors to enslave them and make them his personal army. The plan failed when his egotistical refusal to share energon with his soldiers led to the deactivation of the restraint devices, and he was buried in trains as the freed Headmasters sent their transtectors crashing into him. In the end, Astrotrain settled for using his train mode to run a commuter service instead. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}}

During [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s rampage across [[Akihabara]], he picked up Astrotrain's train and swallowed all its occupants whole, including Astrotrain. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} His train was later seen traveling across a bridge over the rebuilt "Neo Akihabara City", {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} and he was among the victims of [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]'s [[anti-electron]] assault. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 55|Bonus Edition Vol. 55}} After an evening of drinking with Blitzwing and putting up with his boasting, Astrotrain was caught up in a Quintesson attack on the Legends World and used his transtector to shoot down one of the attacking [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharges]], allowing Blitzwing to modify it into a body for himself. He was surprised to learn that another Overcharge had been Blitzwing himself from the distant past, but the novelty quickly wore off and he was soon getting sick of his buddy's stories again. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

When the Legends World was threatened by plasma energy bombs, Astrotrain was one of many transports used to evacuate the population back to the OG World. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}} Arriving first in [[2023]], Astrotrain joined the Autobots and Decepticons on the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. He helped their old allies the [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]] in their conflicts against the [[Laser Beast]]s. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Astrotrain was one of the Decepticons supporting the [[Selector]] revolt at [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} He later helped humans and Selectors flee from the [[Angolmois Energy]] eruptions plaguing the Earth. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
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=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
Astrotrain joined the rest of the Decepticon forces in an assault on Autobot HQ in [[Arizona]]. This acted as a cover for Soundwave's covert operations in [[Japan]] (which were ultimately foiled).{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Later, when the Autobots began construction of the battle fortress [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], Astrotrain was assigned to carry out surveillance of the project with [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]. Using Reflector's camera mode to capture images of Scramble City's transformations, Astrotrain brought the images back to Megatron so he could deduce whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to their own near-complete battle station, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic=====
"Astrotrain" joined several legendary Decepticons in battle against [[Ginrai (human)|Super Ginrai]]. "Astrotrain" was ultimately revealed to be nothing more than a holographic illusion created by [[Giga]]. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
In the year [[2001]], the Decepticons had managed to conquer Cybertron completely. As the Autobots evacuated off-planet, Astrotrain was one of the many space-worthy Decepticons who pursued them into orbit and attacked. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''====
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Astrotrain was among the Decepticons who were defeated by the Autobots after a battle in a city. When the city was subsequently invaded by [[Martian]]s, the Decepticons attempted to team up with them, only to be double-crossed. The Decepticons instead formed an alliance with the Autobots to see off the Martians, and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] even saved Astrotrain from one of the Martian war robots, though they agreed to continue hating each other. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
When [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] got together for a little mischief, they spiced up the [[Battle of Autobot City]] with some [[GoBot]]s. In this new timeline, Astrotrain participated in the assault on [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City and killed [[Apollo (GoBots)|Apollo]]. Megatron battled [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] and fell in battle, and the Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain.

Then reality changed again, and the Decepticons now co-existed with the [[Renegade]]s. Astrotrain ordered his passengers to jettison weight, and they promptly did so. The group then turned their attention to nominating the next leader of the Renegade-Decepticon alliance, which quickly turned into a free-for-all. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a universe where Megatron didn't survive his duel with Optimus, Astrotrain ferried the defeated Decepticons off of Earth and back to Cybertron, pausing only to jettison the casualties of the battle. Unsurprisingly, Starscream seized the title of Decepticon leader, and Astrotrain was present for his coronation on Cybertron... a coronation that was interrupted by Unicron. When Starscream pledged allegiance to Unicron and became "Megascream", Astrotrain was one of the Decepticons who received an upgrade as part of the deal.

During Unicron's final attack on Cybertron, Astrotrain accompanied Megascream when the Decepticon leader tried to steal the Matrix. Astrotrain's new upgrade allowed him to merge with his leader, and the five Decepticons transformed into a massive combiner that flattened Optimus. Astrotrain was presumably killed when Hot Rod opened the Matrix shortly afterwards. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|left|thumb|"Thus, my new fuel economy plan will increase fuel efficiency. Any other questions, Astrotrain?" "Yeah. What the hell did you just say, Ratbat?"]]

''Astrotrain was one of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s warriors on Cybertron, operating out of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] in [[Polyhex]]. At [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s demand, he [[Communicube|called]] a group of Decepticons back from a planned assassination attempt on [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] and the Autobot leaders, leaving all the Decepticons unaware that it was actually a ploy by the Autobots to wipe them out.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''Some time later, Megatron was teleported to Cybertron alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Straxus came to see Megatron as a liability and sought to take control of his more powerful body. Astrotrain witnessed the mind-swapping process, unaware that it had gone awry upon its completion, leaving both Megatron and Straxus trapped within the same frame.''{{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Later still, Astrotrain and his fellow Triple Changers were commissioned by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to investigate the loss of his [[Wash and Roll|priceless cargo]] that had arrived on Earth via a low-cost freighter, but hadn't checked in as scheduled. Additionally, while on Earth, the trio were tasked with enlisting the aid of a human with access to many "bucks" and connections to the automotive industry, to further help the Decepticons acquire fuel. Upon making contact with the crashed ship, Astrotrain and his companions were infected with [[Scraplet]]s, and began to slowly waste away. The Autobots [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] came upon the site as well, and the Decepticons reveled at the chance at some destructive fun before their demise. Though Goldbug escaped, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, and Octane cornered Blaster {{storylink|Crater Critters}} and took him prisoner. The group then holed up inside the ship, and Astrotrain updated Ratbat on their situation, urging him to send them a cure for the Scraplets. Instead, Ratbat sent over the captured [[Throttlebot]]s with canisters of acid, instructing them to eliminate all of the infected. Lucky for them, Blaster's friends had managed to re-discover the [[Water|strange and wondrous chemical]] that acted as a cure for Scraplets, and prepared to use said cure instead. But Blaster, who had gotten himself infected as well during his fight with the Triple Changers, instructed the Autobots not to use the cure: he would rather die than be instrumental in allowing a Decepticon to live. Goldbug's hand was forced against Blaster's wishes when thousands of Scraplets combined to form a monster, and the only ones with enough firepower to take it down were the Decepticons. All those within the crater were doused with water, and the Triple Changers made short work of the remaining Scraplets. Following their victory, Astrotrain showed quick thinking when he identified a nearby [[G.B. Blackrock]] as a useful asset and [[stroboscopic opticon|hypnotically gained control of him]], thus ensuring the viability of [[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom|Ratbat's greatest plan]]. The Triple Changers then beat a hasty retreat, hauling away Ratbat's cargo. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[File:Astrotrain space pirates.jpg|thumb|You can't stop the Train, baby!]]

After delivering the [[Wash and Roll|cargo]] to its intended destination, the Triple Changers linked up with Shockwave's Decepticons on Earth, {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}} who soon fell under Ratbat's command. Astrotrain joined the Decepticons in an assault on the Autobot crews of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and [[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]] on Earth's moon. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Relocated to the [[Arctic]], Astrotrain was among the Decepticons who rushed to defend themselves from an apparently hostile [[Semper Tyrannis|ship]] before it was revealed that the ship also contained Decepticons. When Ratbat and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s armies temporarily came to blows thanks to [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] manipulating both sides, Astrotrain was seen rolling over [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in the melee. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Once the Decepticons united against a nearby Autobot regiment, Astrotrain again saw action when he ionically disrupted the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]. Both factions quickly learned they were both victims of Starscream's manipulations, and united to stop the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] from attaining the power of the legendary [[Underbase]]. Through their efforts, Starscream was prevented from taking in all but a tiny fraction of the Underbase's energies. Unfortunately, this was still enough to endow the Seeker with unimaginable might. Three squads were formed to tackle Starscream as he attacked three different Earth cities, with Astrotrain being assigned to look over [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. He was destroyed, alongside the other Decepticon triple changers, in a blast of cosmic power. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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When [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] was completed in [[2004]], Astrotrain was one of several Decepticons brought by Shockwave to attack the opening day festivities. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

In [[2005]], after the [[Battle of Autobot City]] went pear-shaped, Astrotrain acted as emergency escape transport for the Decepticons. However, he wasn't properly fueled for such a flight, and requested his passengers jettison some weight for the flight home. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} He was present when Megatron returned as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to overthrow the usurper, Starscream, and joined the returning Decepticon leader in another attack against the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

In [[2008]], the Decepticons were tipped by the [[Quintesson]]s to an opportunity for wiping the Autobots off the face of Cybertron. Astrotrain acted as point-man for the invasion, not only leading the air force of flying [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], Triple Changers and [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], but also acting as transport for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Commander Soundwave]] and the legion of ground troopers in his cargo hold. Things turned sour when the Quintessons ambushed the Decepticons on their way to [[Autobase]], though: Astrotrain was forced to dump the soldiers in his hold and quickly transform in order to greet their adversaries. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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In an alternate future of [[2006]], Astrotrain discovered that the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] appeared to all be hypnotized. He flew to [[Chaar]] and timidly approached [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] with his report. Galvatron angrily hit him into a rock face and declared that he cared nothing about what the Junkions were up to. He told Astrotrain he should leave, so he did. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|an alternate version]] of [[2009]], Unicron had destroyed Cybertron and the Decepticons (under [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'s command) controlled America. Astrotrain and Octane were seen defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] from one last, desperate Autobot assault. They shot down the [[Pretender]] [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], when he was disrupting the base's [[Force field|energy field]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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Astrotrain happily worked for Shockwave's faction in the [[Decepticon Civil War]], along with his fellow Triple Changers. He took the time to slug it out with [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] after the [[Enclave]] between Shockwave and Megatron went sour. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Thanks to an inside informant, Astrotrain and the other Triple Changers joined Shockwave in surprising Megatron at an energon shipment rendez-vous point, overpowering him with blaster fire until the Decepticon leader fell off the side of a cliff. {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

With [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] in command, Astrotrain joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Their goal was to kill some Autobots, while also distracting them as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] looted a human [[oil tanker]] in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} Later, Astrotrain and Blitzwing received an SOS from their fellow Triple Changer, Octane, who had somehow driven himself into the middle of a military testing range. After they fended off some live ammunition that threatened to set off their tanker truck comrade, Astrotrain and Blitzwing learned that Octane had been "playing" again, attacking human vehicles for sport, when [[Jazz (G1)|one of them]] led him on a merry chase right into his current predicament. Infuriated by the idiot's antics, Astrotrain happily buggered off and left him. {{storylink|Manoeuvres!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Astrotrain showed up among a crowd of Decepticons all fired up to tackle the [[Cybertronian (faction)|armies]] of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], just before they pretty much got slaughtered. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

====''Classics''====
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Astrotrain's carcass lay undiscovered at the bottom of the sea for ten years until [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] managed to find him. His remains were excavated piece by piece by enslaved [[human]]s and transported to Megatron's base of operations within the wrecked [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in northern [[Canada]]. Using incomplete schematics and Megatron's memories of Astrotrain's old body, Astrotrain was finally reconstructed. Astrotrain was immediately put in charge of finding the remnants of the rest of the Decepticons who fell at the hands of the [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream, plus the unpleasant task of carting them back to their headquarters. This morbid job took its toll on Astrotrain, who yearned for real battle. He at one point snapped upon discovering a human space station in Earth's orbit, his last refuge from the organic vermin, and went on a two-day long rampage, sending several satellites raining down onto the planet's surface. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Astrotrain's profile in Club magazine #14}}

[[File:Devastatormegatronastrotraincrossingover.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Clearly, Astrotrain's interior is bigger than it looks.]]

After the appearance of the mysterious crossdimensional Decepticon [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Astrotrain and the other rebuilt Decepticons under Megatron's command traveled to [[South America]] to investigate an equally mysterious power source that seemed to share traits with Landquake. En route, they were attacked by [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]]'s [[Armored Robot Hunters|RUNT]] squad. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} Astrotrain managed to shake off these interlopers just before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his Autobots arrived in search of this same power source, and a new battle between the factions began in the jungles surrounding the power source. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} As the battle escalated, Astrotrain joined with some of his peers in surrounding [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus]], {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}} but ultimately, Megatron was forced to call for a withdrawal. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

Megatron soon granted the mysterious [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] and his rogue group of Decepticons an audience. However, Astrotrain and the other Decepticons under Megatron's command were forcibly implanted with reverse-engineered [[cerebro-shell]]s. Bug Bite's plan was cut short when a jammer activated by [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] disabled the shells, and a fight soon erupted between Megatron's Decepticons, Bug Bite's Decepticons, and the Autobots under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]' command. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

When Megatron ended the [[Decepticon Civil War]] with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Astrotrain was stationed aboard Starscream's warship. He informed his captain when the fortress below began powering down their weapons, thanks to the [[Seacon (G1)|traitors]] in Bludgeon's ranks eliminating the [[Pretender]]. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Megatrons zombie army loose ends 2.jpg|thumb|left|Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off!]]
Years after being killed by an Underbase-powered Starscream, Astrotrain was reanimated by Megatron and further lobotomized so that he would unquestioningly follow orders. Pressed into service as part of Megatron's [[zombie]] army in [[2012]], Astrotrain was part of a detachment ordered to chase down [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and the [[Wreckers]]. When [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] managed to subdue Kup, Astrotrain was ordered by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to return him to Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} He and the other zombified Cybertronians were offlined permanently once [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Regeneration One|Circuit Smasher]] frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, [[Aunty|Auntie]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

====''Transformers '84''====
As the [[Great War (G1)|war]] raged on Cybertron, Astrotrain was one of many Autobots and Decepticons seen in battle with one another. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Autobot Alert!====
[[File:AutobotAlertAstrotrain.jpg|thumb|"You win this round, squirrel!"]]
Astrotrain took part in a Decepticon ploy to take over Earth's communication satellites. Ferrying troops and weapons from Earth to the Decepticons’ ships in orbit, Astrotrain may have unknowingly been infiltrated by Hot Rod and Bumblebee. If so, Hot Rod may have commandeered Astrotrain's military controls to fire upon Cyclonus.

In another possible scenario, Astrotrain was sent into a wild spin out into space when the Autobots successfully sabotaged the Decepticons’ computer systems. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====Project Brain Drain====
Astrotrain was stationed at the Decepticons’ lab, charged with guarding the [[Brain Drain device]], with which the Decepticons planned to syphon away the Earthlings’ intelligence and transmute it into energy. In one possible scenario, he was one of the few Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron to desert his post when a squad of Autobots stormed the lab. He was unsuccessful in fending them off. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Astrotrain warwithin.jpg|thumb|left|Finally, I get to fight instead of carry people.]]
When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] needed a major distraction to infiltrate the subsectors of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and establish Cybertron as a living war world, he sent Shockwave to command a full frontal assault against the Autobot capital. Astrotrain was among the many Decepticons who aided Shockwave in this siege {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} and aided several of his fellow airborne Decepticons in destroying bridges leading out of the Autobot stronghold. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} As the Decepticons managed to breach the Autobots' final defenses, Astrotrain came down to the ground to help in mopping up the last of the enemy soldiers. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} The Decepticons evacuated the area when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] destroyed the place. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Later on, after Megatron's disappearance led to a factioning of the Decepticon army, Astrotrain began serving with Starscream's [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. One of the group's attempt to secure a plenty of energon was foiled by the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], led by Grimlock, who managed to distract Astrotrain and his teammates long enough to swipe their goods and make a quick getaway with them. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

The Predacons remained the only major hold out among the factions when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] negotiated a great peace between the Autobots and Decepticons due to low energon reserves planet-wide. Astrotrain and the Predacons attempted to prevent the peace treaty and the consolidation of their opponents, but their efforts were in vain until the surprise return of Megatron with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], thousands of super-charged warriors grown from [[Quintesson]] cloning technology. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

The Decepticons managed to establish an [[Age of Internment]] until [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] finally returned to free the Autobots and equalize the sides once more. After the disappearance of the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] and its crew, Astrotrain and his fellow future Triple Changers, Octane and Blitzwing, began serving directly under Shockwave's command. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Some time into Shockwave's reign, [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] took over the Decepticons and posed as Shockwave to retain command over the other full-sized Transformers in the ranks. Astrotrain was among the troops duped by the diminutive 'bot into launching an all-out offensive, despite their resources being at an all-time low. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} During what was meant to be a suicide mission, the Decepticons nearly claimed victory against the Autobots... until both factions' Micromasters turned up to put an end to the conflict. After the miniature 'bots began brandishing about Shockwave's decapitated head, the Decepticon forces got spooked and fled the battlefield. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

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When Shockwave learned how to perfect his Triple Changer process after the [[Great Shutdown]], due to [[Unicron]]ian technology he pilfered from [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], Astrotrain was one of the first to benefit from the procedure.

In 2003, Astrotrain, along with [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Blitzwing, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and Octane arrived with Shockwave on [[Earth]] to place the Earth-bound Transformers under arrest for war crimes and take them back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|New World Order}} {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} They took Optimus Prime and most of his troops into custody, ferrying them back to the homeworld. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} But Optimus and his followers were soon freed from their cells, leading to an Autobot insurrection of Shockwave's regime. Astrotrain guarded Shockwave's tower during the uprising, keeping Kup, Prowl, and Arcee from breaching its perimeter. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Despite his best efforts, the Autobots were victorious, and the bulk of the Decepticon forces were taken prisoners. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Despite Shockwave's defeat, Astrotrain and Blitzwing remained his loyal servants, and helped him set up a base of operations in Cybertron's wastelands. While on monitor duty, the pair spotted what appeared to be a derelict wandering about their perimeter. Shockwave sent out both triple-changers to investigate, and they made short work of the [[Air Warrior]] they found. While they were puzzling over what it was doing on Cybertron, they were ambushed by [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], who informed them that Megatron had returned to retake control of his troops! This news caused Astrotrain to switch loyalties, while Blitzwing was destroyed. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:ArtofWar3 OmegaSupreme Sixshot Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|I choo choo choom you! And there's a picture of a trai...er, space shuttle]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces on Cybertron, Astrotrain attacked an Autobot peace ceremony alongside [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], Blitzwing and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. The Autobots responded by activating [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who blasted Astrotrain out of the air. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} When he opted to fight on ground level instead and wounded a [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|civilian]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] landed on top of him after falling from the sky, then proceeded to pummel the Triple Changer into the ground. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Astrotrain participated in an all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. During its initial stages, the battle swayed in the Decepticons’ favour, and Astrotrain fired away at Powerglide as the Decepticon triple-changer stood atop the defeated Red Alert. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Infiltration issue 5|''Infiltration'' #5]]}}
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When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] wanted to have a peaceful chat with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] in the early days of the Decepticon revolt, Astrotrain and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] held [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] hostage to make sure Orion didn't get any funny ideas. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} This went well until Autobot reinforcements arrived, at which point Astrotrain was punched out by [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} He later transported the Decepticons back to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] after they saved Orion Pax from [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s attack on [[Nyon]]. {{storylink|Choices}} Astrotrain later dropped Orion Pax and Megatron into Zeta Prime's citadel and after Zeta Prime's death, Megatron broke the alliance between him and Orion's unit. {{storylink|Overthrown}} When Megatron was defeated in combat with Orion-turned-Optimus Prime, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] brought him to safety him by flying past on Astrotrain and grabbing him off the ground. {{storylink|Endgame}}

Looking to punish Megatron for leading the Decepticons into defeat, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] had Astrotrain carry his damaged leader into space and drop him off near [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. {{storylink|Derelicts}} Following a failed attack on [[Starsreach Spaceport]], [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s troops retreated on board Astrotrain, who brought them to the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery|Toraxxis crater]] on Scorponok's orders. {{storylink|Unleashed}} Astrotrain then took [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to the planet of [[Canis Tor]] in order to recruit the wayward [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] back into the Decepticon fold. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}}

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In the wake of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s world-ending rampage, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}}, Cybertron left was unable to support life and as the Cybertronian race fled to the stars Astrotrain fell under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} In the mid-19th century, Starscream formed a brief alliance with a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]]s led by [[Vekktral]] in the hopes of stealing an [[energon synthesizer]] that had been developed by the [[Solstar Order]] to nourish their Cybertronian recruit [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

Astrotrain adopted a new [[alternate mode]] based off a [[Galactic Council]] shuttle and used it to ferry the Wraiths, disguised as Council representatives, to the Solstar Order station ''[[Orchid Crossing]]'' over the icy world of [[Xetaxxis]]. Vekktral soon revealed himself as a Wraith imposter and Astrotrain transformed into robot mode and opened fire on the [[Space Knight]]s, killing [[Auxin]], before he himself was pinned down by [[Sata]]. The situation quickly worsened when the Autobots arrived, {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} and an attempt by the Dire Wraiths to assimilate [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]] turned him into an uncontrollable monster. Deciding to use the chaos to his advantage, Starscream told Astrotrain to aid him in retrieving the synthesizer, which was cut short when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] sabotaged the station and sent it tumbling towards the planet below. Starscream ordered Astrotrain to evacuate the Dire Wraiths in his shuttle mode; as the Decepticons and Wraiths regrouped, Vekktral used Astrotrain's sensors to deduce that the Wraith/Cybertronian hybrid had survived reentry.
{{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

[[File:ShiningArmor3-AstrotrainAndVekktral.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|[[Vekktral|He]]'s goin' off the rails on a crazy train.]]
The Decepticons caught up with the monster as it rampaged through a [[Xetaxxan|Xetaxxian]] village and eventually burned itself out, though Vekktral was enthusiastic about trying again, Starscream made it clear that it wouldn't be his men that Vekktral sacrificed. While Starscream and the [[Conehead]]s headed off to retrieve the synthesizer from the wreckage, Astrotrain hung back with Vekktral and his Wraiths to spring a trap for the Autobots. When a group of Xetaxxans — preying on [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] 's sympathy for the natives — revealed themselves as Wraiths, Astrotrain crashed through a wall to ferry Vekktral into battle, forcing Magnus to fight a rearguard action while Bumblebee and Sata made a beeline for the station. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

In the ensuing melee, Astrotrain wisely stuck to the sidelines and merely watched as Magnus battled — and eventually succumbed to — the swarm of Wraiths, observing with some discomfort as Vekktral used his [[magic]] to merge with the Autobot into another monstrous fusion. Astrotrain rejoined the other Decepticons as the Wraith-Magnus led the charge against the Autobot-Knight alliance... but was unprepared for Vekktral to backstab his mechanical allies, intending to turn them into more Wraith hybrids. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}} Ensnared by Wraiths, Astrotrain was rescued by Blitzwing; the two Triple Changers joined Starscream as he announced a new plan: to grab the synthesizer and get off world as fast as possible. Stardrive tailed them and managed to rip off Starscream's wings, forcing Astrotrain to carry their humiliated leader offworld as the Seeker detonated the energon synthesizer so that the Autobots couldn't have it either. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

[[File:Infiltration5 AstrotrainImwaiting.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Not even alien invasions can stop Astrotrain from updating his blog.]]

A century later, Astrotrain was still a part of Starscream's squad, now operating under the [[infiltration protocol]]. They arrived and worked covertly on [[Earth]] for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Astrotrain oversaw the extraction and refinement of the mysterious, Energon-like substance, [[Ore-13]], {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} but despite having sampled its power, he was unwilling to stand alongside Starscream against Megatron. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Later on, he took Starscream's place as the Earthbound Decepticon Infiltration Unit's second-in-command under Megatron, and continued to oversee the Ore-13 research. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} During Megatron's scheme to escalate the tensions between [[Brasnya]] and [[Russia]], Astrotrain served as air cover for their ground forces, but was severely damaged by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] {{storylink|Escalation issue 4|Escalation #4}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} and later retreated.

After being humiliated in battle with Optimus Prime, Megatron ordered [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] to come to Earth several phases before his presence is normally requested. Upon hearing this, the wire in Astrotrain's forehead nearly exploded, but Megatron told him to shut up. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

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Astrotrain was involved in Megatron's plot in the country of Latveria. He helped supercharge his fellow Decepticons with energy siphoned from [[Spider-Man]] as part of the Decepticons' "[[Mirror response mode]]." {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} While other Decepticons helped fend off the combined forces of the Autobots and the Avengers, Astrotrain remained within the Decepticons' Latverian installation at Megatron's side. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} When Megatron headed outside to deal with the opposition personally, Spider-Man broke free of his restraints, and Astrotrain attempted to subdue the super-hero once more. Unexpectedly, he was stunned by [[Doctor Doom]], the human villain being spiteful over Megatron's recent betrayal. After Earth's heroes managed to destroy the "Psycho-Prism" integral to Megatron's scheme, the Decepticon leader recognized that the current mission no longer served a purpose. Megatron warped Astrotrain and the rest of his troops away from the battlefield before retreating himself. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Witnessing his leader straying further from protocol every nano-klik but knowing none of them would dare tell Megatron he was wrong, Astrotrain decided to do the unthinkable, something no sane Transformer would ever do except as a very last resort: deliberately reactivate Starscream so he could do it ''for'' them. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}}

[[File:Devastation6 shownomercy.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Don't cross the streams, Astrotrain!]]
When the alien [[Reaper]]s suddenly attacked their headquarters, {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Astrotrain left his post (forcing Blitzwing to cover for him) to plot how to exploit the situation with Starscream (though he was openly concerned if the plan failed they'd be dead). The plan worked: Starscream successfully removed Sixshot from the board and attacked the Reapers, at which point Astrotrain popped up in the command bunker to go "look at how brave Starscream is bravely attacking the Reapers by himself!". Megatron deduced what was going on behind his back, but instead of punishment, led the Decepticons into battle. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} After the destruction of the Reapers, Astrotrain expressed surprise at their victory and callously declared that the deaths of [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] were acceptable losses. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:AHM3 Astrotrain.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|Somebody didn't mind the gap.]]
A year later, the Decepticons on Earth, including Astrotrain, defeated the Autobots on the planet in a mighty battle. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} As the Decepticons subsequently began conquering the planet, Astrotrain carried on being by-the-book and tactically minded in the attack on [[New York City]], suggesting they send the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] to handle ground forces to avoid ballistic attacks. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} [[Marissa Faireborn]] would watch as Astrotrain and his fellow Decepticons went on a rampage through the city. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}}

He also took to the subway lines in locomotive form to eradicate the humans hiding in the subway stations. Inexplicably, his train mode was seen to resemble an outdated steam locomotive instead of the diesel freight engine it had been a year earlier. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} Astrotrain was one of many Decepticons to listen to Megatron's speech about conquest. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}} He later watched Starscream try to take control of the Decepticons using [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], although the revolt was interrupted by the arrival of human jets from [[Europe]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} This was soon followed by the return of the exiled Autobots, at which point Astrotrain wrestled with [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] and laughed at the Autobots when they were seemingly retreating (in reality, they were just [[Omega Supreme (G1)|making room]]). Astrotrain was then tackled into a building by Roadbuster, who commented that the Decepticon was a "lightweight". {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Megatron and his army were defeated, {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} and Astrotrain served as their escape vehicle as they fled Earth. {{storylink|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

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Three years later, Astrotrain was stationed on the desolate asteroid base where Starscream was in charge. He responded to [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]]'s infiltration of the base, but ended up running straight past the intruder without noticing. {{storylink|Heart Like a Wheel}} When Megatron finally returned to take back command, Astrotrain and the other Decepticons watched him brutally punish Starscream for his actions. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} They then followed Megatron back to Earth for revenge. There, Astrotrain was present when Megatron was approached by a lone Optimus Prime, and was ordered to stop the Autobot when he apparently tried to escape. As it turned out, Prime was only getting some distance away from the imminent impact of a satellite he had arranged to be dropped on the Decepticons from space. Astrotrain and his comrades were blown sky high from the ensuing explosion. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

Megatron then let himself be captured by the Autobots and taken to Cybertron, where he used the [[space bridge]] technology built into in his new body to summon Astrotrain and the other Decepticons who were waiting on Earth. {{storylink|The Question}} At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] into combining with his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a huge monster. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} After the war, Astrotrain was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. After following Starscream underground, they witnessed [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], a dying [[Titan (group)|Titan]], declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. Astrotrain and the other Cybertronians celebrated by carrying Starscream on their shoulders through Iacon. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

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In spite of his support of Starscream, Astrotrain's true loyalty lay with Shockwave and Soundwave, who were secretly in contact with Megatron. As part of Megatron's plan, he and the other loyalists were captured by a mind-controlled Prowl and taken to the [[Black Room]], {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} where they were upgraded into new forms in preparation of their leader's return. {{storylink|The Verge}} Astrotrain then proceeded to aid Blitzwing in capturing a mixed group of Autobots and [[NAIL|neutrals]] sent to investigate Prowl, running over [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and breaking off his arm in the process. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} While it looked like the Decepticons had the upper hand, Astrotrain was taken off guard along with the others when [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] revealed her true loyalties to the Autobots and killed [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]. In the Decepticons' resulting escape from the Black Room, Astrotrain helped provide covering fire. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} The Decepticons went on to fight the Autobots over control of Iacon, but the battle ended with Megatron defeated and Starscream rising to leadership of the neutrals. Starscream's first action was to exile all Autobots and Decepticons who refused to abandon their factions, including Astrotrain. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

[[File:Winners&Losers-Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Astrotrain lost his caboose.]]

Out in the wilderness, Soundwave declared that he would lead the Decepticons to hunt down the deserted Shockwave, but Astrotrain and Blitzwing were sick of listening to him after their recent failure and rebelled. They attacked the communications expert and fought his cassettes until the fight was broken up by [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and Soundwave left to confront Shockwave alone. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} He soon returned and tried to rally Astrotrain and the other Decepticons again, claiming they had to save all Cybertron from Shockwave's machinations. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} As the Decepticon forces converged on Shockwave's newly arrived [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], they ran into the exiled Autobots and a battle broke out. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} They were rudely interrupted when the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed an energy wave that gravely wounded soldiers on both sides, among them Astrotrain. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}}

Having lost his legs and an arm to the death wave, Astrotrain was carried to safety and guarded by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. He let his defenders borrow his binoculars, explaining he had bad eyes but kept this secret so Megatron wouldn't consider him a liability. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Astrotrain wound up at the Autobots' wasteland camp, and when the Necrotitan was defeated by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], he and the other death wave victims were cured from its corruption. He also got his limbs back somehow. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} He celebrated the victory by going to [[Swerve's]] to drink and sing alongside both Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The celebrations came to an end when Shockwave put his final plan into action and summoned an army of [[Ammonite]]s to Cybertron, forcing all Autobots and Decepticons to fight back. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

[[File:TheMindBomb-SpaceBus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|In case that "Astrotrain" trademark falls through.]]
Following Shockwave's defeat, Astrotrain fell under the command of new Decepticon leader Galvatron, who took his troops to Earth under Soundwave's advice of starting a new approach to peace there. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} When an enraged Galvatron went on a rampage in their ship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Astrotrain tried to calm him down only to end up redirecting the rage at himself. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} When the ''Nemesis'' was brought down by Prowl during the Autobots' attack on the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] base, Astrotrain was injured and had to be pulled out of the wreckage by Blitzwing. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

[[File:SouthOfHeaven-Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Astrotrain then ended up taking Galvatron to a swamp for a secret meeting with Arcee. Astrotrain was a little stupefied when Galvatron offered to kill him after Arcee expressed annoyance at his not coming alone, and was also not happy about the bugs infesting the area; his intake manifolds got full of them, and a rather large one startled him when it flew up to his face. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}} Astrotrain next transported some tanks of oxygen, along with a group of Decepticons and humans, to the Decepticons' [[Jupiter]] commune, which was in the midst of being constructed (and which he considered to be a much better place to visit than a swamp). He thought the docking process could have been a little gentler, but didn't hold any ill feelings against the [[Stockbridge|human crew member]] responsible. {{storylink|South of Heaven}}

As the Decepticons made preparations to board the Autobots' [[Ark-7|ship]] and seize its space bridge, Astrotrain wondered how long it would be before the craft's power ran out and the force field surrounding it was gone. He also expressed confusion at the idea that Galvatron had ever been young. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}}

Soon after, Astrotrain and the Decepticon elite were summoned to Shanghai, China by Galvatron, as the Decepticon invasion of Earth was to begin. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}. When Optimus Prime and his forces arrived in Shanghai, Astrotrain and the rest of the Decepticons present engaged with them. He was one of the Decepticons teleported away from the battle when the [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]] attacked the battling Cybertronians. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} He dropped Galvatron off at the Copahua volcano for his "appointment" with Arcee, then later picked him up. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}}

[[File:ItsBeginningToAndBackAgain TeamGalvatronus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
He was once again among Galvatron's Decepticons fighting forces defending the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' at the bottom of the ocean. When Galvatron turned the Earth into a giant [[Enigma of Combination]], Astrotrain was forcibly combined with [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] into [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]] (Astrotrain formed the left leg). Galvatronus punched [[Victorion]] and grappled with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] with support from two [[Seeker clone]]s. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} After Superion disabled the Earth Enigma, Galvatronus was disassembled into his components. Galvatron ordered Astrotrain to carry him away from the battle while under fire from [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], leaving the rest of the Decepticons behind. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

[[File:NoFairFight-AstrotrainDies.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Then there was trouble..."]]
The two fled in the direction of [[Sanctuary Station]], but were pursued into space by [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and Arcee. Galvatron shot and disabled Cosmos, who was then able to shoot Astrotrain in the engine, forcing him to enter Jupiter's atmosphere. They were pursued further into Jupiter's atmosphere, but could not land due to Jupiter being a gas giant. Astrotrain tried to convince Galvatron to let him retreat to the space station, claiming he would be able to get free somehow, but Galvatron told him he was not yet through serving the Decepticon cause. Galvatron sacrificed Astrotrain by flinging him in his disabled shuttle mode at Arcee, who trisected him with her swords. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

His divided body was subsequently infected by an alien organism that altered his physiology, keeping his [[brain module]] alive, and seemingly moved him back to Earth where the three pieces crashed in different locations. They were targeted by [[V.E.N.O.M.]] and [[Destro]], who sought to use the organism as a genetic weapon, but [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] put a stop to their plan by retrieving them first. {{storylink|The Deathstone}}

====Spotlight: Mirage====
With the Autobots reduced to a small rag-tag rabble, Astrotrain accompanied Starscream's small strike team to the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]]. Astrotrain and Blitzwing both attacked Optimus Prime after the mercenary [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] destroyed the Autobot bunker's security system, allowing the Decepticons in. Astrotrain avoided death when Mirage forced Prime to lower his weapon in exchange for [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s life. He could barely hold Prime back as Mirage executed [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], losing his grip when the furious Autobot leader attacked the mercenary.

But it was all Mirage's dream... or was it? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Astrotrain HOS.jpg|left|thumb|That's Mister The Astrotrain.]]
Referred to as ''the'' Astrotrain, he was a black-and-purple locomotive, with a retracted propeller on the front and batwings along the side.

The Decepticons built (or modified) the Astrotrain to be the locomotive engine pulling their battle train to [[New York City]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} En route he rammed through an Army blockade undamaged, but ended up driving off a cliff thanks to [[John Henry]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and apparently falling to his destruction... despite having wings. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

{{IDW HOS}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Astrotrain loaned out his right hand to serve as a prop for [[BotCon 2006]]. Though he hoped to get it right back after the convention, it didn't seem that would be the case. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei astrotrain pack in.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Astrotrain was one of the Decepticons who accompanied Megatron in his attacks on Earth in the 21st century. He was first seen going on a rampage in the Japanese district of [[Shinjuku]], forcibly pushing a train along from behind while in his own train mode, threatening to derail it. [[Mirage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Mirage]] and [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Grimlock]] arrived to save the train, prompting Astrotrain to switch to shuttle mode and take off through the city, shattering windows and forcing [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Bumblebee]] to shield human bystanders from the rain of glass with their own bodies. He then transformed into [[robot mode]] and began battling the Autobots, who were unaware he was merely staging a diversion so the other Decepticons could raid a power plant. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} The powerful Triple-Changer had the Autobots on the ropes until their newest ally, [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Rodimus]], arrived to join the fight. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' manga===
When the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] of another universe attempted to attack [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Astrotrain and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] defended their leader. However, Starscream possessed Onslaught and used his body to knock out Astrotrain. {{storylink|Starscream's New Body}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' BunBun manga===
Astrotrain was among the small group of Decepticons serving under [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Megatron]] who departed Cybertron in pursuit of the [[Energon cube#Henkei! Henkei! Comic BunBun pack-in manga|Energon Cube]]. When the Cube crash-landed on Earth and shattered into fragments, Astrotrain and the other Decepticons took on the forms of local vehicles and machinery to remain hidden while searching for the shards.

Eleven years after the crash of the Cube, when [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Ramjet]] and [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun comic|Starscream]] found themselves battling the Autobots in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], Ramjet put in the call to Astrotrain. Astrotrain passed the message on to Megatron, who departed the Decepticons' warehouse base to join the fight. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}}

Some time later, Astrotrain joined Starscream and Ramjet in attacking a hydroelectric power plant, and easily fended off the leaderless Autobots who resisted them, as [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Optimus Prime]] was incapacitated at the time. Astrotrain took down [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Bumblebee]] and [[Mirage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Mirage]] single-handedly, then transformed to shuttle mode so the other Decepticons could load the [[energon cube]]s they had gathered. When the revived Optimus Prime came speeding onto the scene soon after, Astrotrain quickly took off in a bid for escape, but was struck by a powered-up blast from Prime's [[ion blaster]] and disappeared in a colossal explosion. However, he was barely able to make it back to the Decepticons' undersea base to deliver the stolen energon cubes, but was denied any usage by [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! BunBun manga|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} Astrotrain did not reappear again throughout the Transformers' battles on Earth.

===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-5-Astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.5]]
Astrotrain was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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The Astrotrain, "the Hell Ride", was an old foe of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} and shuttled captured prisoners to the [[Polyhex Killway]] and the horrifying [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. These passengers included some squishy humans, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Scarlett]], who sneaked aboard him. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} Shortly after, just before the destruction of Earth, Astrotrain engaged Omega once more and was soundly trounced. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Astrotrain was one of the many Decepticons who pursued the [[AllSpark]] to Earth. He participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots in a human settlement. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
Partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Darkmoon]], who granted him cloaking ability, {{storylink|Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Darkmoon/Astrotrain toy bio}} Astrotrain was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] in the hopes of intercepting [[Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. While the other Decepticons set up an ultimately bungled ambush, Astrotrain swooped down to try and capture the two Autobots. Later, Astrotrain was present for a Decepticon attack led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold|Go for the Gold}}}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:Siege-Astrotrain-art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|left|Much like my cartoon appearance [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|below]], I show up to places and do nothing.]]

{{bigquote|In confusion there is opportunity.}}

On Cybertron, Astrotrain was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Space Force Transport Captain]], whose function was transport. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> During the war for Cybertron, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] was dispatched to [[Protihex]] as part of his patrol. While there, he detected the presence of Astrotrain and reported to [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] that the superhighway's waypoint had been compromised. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. During this period, Astrotrain's primary objective on this mission was creating confusion and his primary weapon was the "Ionic Displacer Blaster". {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Marcus Clark-Oliver]] (English), [[Taichi Takeda]] (Japanese)|[[Kevin Kraus]] (German), [[Sergio Becerril]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Mike Fédée]] (French)}}
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep1-Astrotrain-prepared.jpg|thumb|250px|"Well, it still ain't much, but at least I'm in more than one episode this season.]]

Astrotrain was among the Decepticon troops that attacked the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after its location had been discovered. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}} When the ship managed to escape through a space bridge, Astrotrain joined Megatron's crew to pursue it aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. However, their subsequent battle with the ''Ark'' resulted in a team of Autobots led by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] taking control of the bridge. Astrotrain and the other Decepticons present surrendered in response. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

Following the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash on [[Earth]], Astrotrain was among the Decepticons attending to the ship's damage. He later accompanied Megatron outside to check a perimeter breach reported by Soundwave, where they encountered the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], one of which identifying himself as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}}

Patrolling the halls of the ''Nemesis'', Astrotrain encountered [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], who was supposed to be guarding their prisoner, the [[Maximal]] scout [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], and was put on edge. However, he saw nothing out of the ordinary, missing [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] due to him clinging to a ceiling. He eventually caught Rattrap outside Airazor's cell and closed in on the little Maximal only to be sent flying by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], took advantage of his unconscious state to impersonate him. Though he quickly awakened, he was overpowered by the disguised Mirage and trapped in a prison cell along with [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] while Mirage, Rattrap, and Airazor escaped. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

Having been freed from his earlier predicament, Astrotrain participated in another assault on the ''Ark''. This time, the Autobots gained the upper hand on account of the ''Ark'' assuming a massive robot mode. Astrotrain and the other Decepticons were captured and imprisoned aboard the ''Ark'' as the ship returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} Astrotrain was locked in a stasis field until he was freed to partake in a climactic showdown against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], which ended with the arrival of spark spirits. After [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'s spirit bought a swift end to the threat, Astrotrain and the other Decepticons came together with the Autobots to mark a tentative end to the Great War before departing under Megatron's command. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Change In Your Nature Part Four|''Transformers'' #16]]}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePart4-Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|left|300px|I'm the last of the good ol' puffer trains. I'm the last of the soot and scum brigade. And all this peaceful living is drivin' me insane.]]

Astrotrain was a member of [[The Rise]], acting as transport for [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] and "[[Team Stream]]" as they attacked a [[Titan Net]] subsidiary hub thanks to his large-scale size. The Rise injected a [[data-bomb]] into the hub to disable all the orbiting [[Titan (group)|Titans]] save [[Vigilem]] whom [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] imparted new orders on. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Once Vigilem moved into action, Slipstream ordered her team to depart before [[Security Operations]] arrived. Though Astrotrain was confident he could defeat anything Security threw at them, Slipstream deemed a confrontation unnecessary and reiterated her command. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

[[File:Transformers-2019-17-Team Stream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right]]
Later, Astrotrain brought Team Stream to the [[Winged Moon]] on a mission to claim its energon. {{storylink|Wheeljack: Orbital Decay}} However, an engineering team on the moon fortified the control center with barricades and booby traps that kept the Rise out. Worse, Astrotrain detected an incoming threat -- [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] of [[Colonial Security]]. Astrotrain engaged him, but Sky Lynx's other section landed Security forces on the moon for Team Stream to deal with. In the end, the energon stockpile was destroyed. Astrotrain evacuated the Rise and returned them to Cybertron. {{storylink|War World: Moon|Moon}}

Astrotrain and Team Stream ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] when he visited the [[immersant]] site of his mentor, [[Codexa]]. His [[Senate Guard|Guard]] got the Prime to safety, though, with the sacrifice of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Astrotrain personally delivered the final blow bringing down the [[Great General]]. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One}}

At the direction of Shockwave, Astrotrain intercepted a meteor passing by Cybertron. It carried the lost combiner, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], whom Astrotrain safely transported to the surface of Cybertron. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 8 – Astrotrain Stomps Thundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.25|"I'm going to start beating you now. I don't know when I'll stop."]]
Long ago, Astrotrain's love was ended by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} Turning against the warlord, Astrotrain was sealed within the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' by Megatron, being aboard when it launched after the ''Ark''. When the ship crashed, Astrotrain remained in his prison for millions of years before being released at [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s orders when [[Decepticon High Command]] returned to claim the ship. Exiting his prison, Astrotrain began beating up [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], demanding to know where Megatron was. Unable to provide that information, Soundwave simply promised that whenever the Decepticon leader was found, he would be given over to Astrotrain for justice. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 9 – Astrotrain Captures Spike.jpg|right|''"We're going on a trip, in our favorite rocket ship!"''|thumb|upright=1.25]]
At Soundwave's order, Astrotrain went to collect [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], intended as a peace offering to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Astrotrain found the boy at [[Farmingham Hosptial]]. Though he stated he did not wish to hurt lesser beings, Astrotrain threatened to kill everyone in the building if Spike was not handed over per his leader's orders. Hoping to save the people's lives, Spike surrendered himself. Impressed by the boy's bravery, Astrotrain transformed to space shuttle mode and took off back to the ''Nemesis'' with Spike. On the way, he explained to Spike the dire situation Cybertron was in and that Earth's resources were needed to sustain it. He also explained that Shockwave would no doubt want to torture Spike to find out more about the human species. Just then, Astrotrain's engines shut off, sending him crashing to the ground. He was then broken into by [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], who had come to save Spike. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

Beachcomber subsequently tied up Astrotrain in chains as he and Spike got acquainted. Beachcomber offered Astrotrain some [[energon]] only for the [[Triple Changer]] to promise to kill Beachcomber, slowly, if he was let free. When the light from the [[space bridge]] flared, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself passed through the portal, Astrotrain recognizing the planet's arrival as Shockwave's doing. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}}

[[File:TF2023 №16 – Choo-Choo, Motherboard-Fragger.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
After Beachcomber scouted the whirlpool vortex created by Cybertron's arrival, he decided it best that he and Spike depart, leaving some energon for Astrotrain to subsist off of until he reunited with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}} Astrotrain's enraged screams were heard by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] who shot off his chains and warned the triple changer of Soundwave's duplicity, proposing an alliance. No sooner had Astrotrain agreed did a chunk of Cybertron begin falling from the sky, Astrotrain reverting to shuttle mode to escape, with Starscream managing to dupe the [[M.A.R.S.]] mercenaries who sought to weaponize him aboard. As the waves picked up, Astrotrain sighted [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], Starscream pulling them aboard before Astrotrain was hit by a rogue wave. Managing to land on the chunk of Cybertron and reunite with the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], Astrotrain swore fealty to Starscream before the Seeker executed his human saviours. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 14|Transformers #14}}

After the Combaticons had been repaired, Astrotrain carried the group to [[Washington (state)|Washington state]] to engage Soundwave's Decepticons, making his presence known by a bombing run. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} When Soundwave confronted Starscream, the Seeker shoved him into Astrotrain's flight path, the Triple Changer forcing the communications chief into the water below. As the two fought, Starscream fell onto Astrotrain before [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] blew up the dam, washing away the Decepticons in a flood. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}

Managing to extradite himself, Astrotrain shuttled Starscream to [[Seattle]] where he was knocked out of the sky by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}

Quickly taking off again, Astrotrain had his wing clipped by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Astrotrain was awoken by Starscream who told the Triple Changer to retreat only for Astrotrain to refuse when he sighted Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 18|Transformers #18}}

Issuing a formal challenge, Astrotrain initially held the upper-hand but was quickly defeated, thrown off the building by Megatron's [[energon mace]]. Though Astrotrain begged the Decepticon leader to kill him and finally free him from this torture, Megatron denied, saying he still had use for him.

Returning to the fragment of Cybertron, Megatron first repaired Starscream only to immediately beat him within an inch of his life. As a final punishment, Megatron then transformed to gun mode and forced Starscream fire on Astrotrain, finally ending Astrotrain's suffering. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 20|Transformers #20}}
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==Commercial appearances==
* Astrotrain battles against both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. As more Autobots joined the fray, Astrotrain feigned a retreat in his locomotive mode, only to take to the air and double back in his shuttle mode as the busted rails came to an end. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Triple Changers and Perceptor|Triple Changers and Perceptor commercial}}
* Astrotrain and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] had the Autobots [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] pinned down, until [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived to turn the tide of battle. Though the Decepticon triple-changers attempted to flee, their Autobot counterparts were able to keep pace by rapidly shifting through all three of their modes. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{bigquote|Astrotrain, the triplechanger! With space shuttle and train engine forms, this is the ultimate transporter. He carries the logistical burden of the Decepticons' evil plans!|The [[narrator]]|''[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers]]''}}
{{voiceactor|[[Russ Veillard]] (English)}}

====Autobot story====
Megatron sent Astrotrain to collect the energy they had drained from the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]]. When Astrotrain was almost at the generator, he had caught up to a squad of Autobots who had come to stop the Decepticons. Astrotrain got the Autobots' attention by blowing his train whistle and approached them in his train form. When he reached the Autobots, he transformed to robot form and announced that all the energy at the power station belonged to the Decepticons. He told the Autobot squad his orders, warned them that he would destroy the Autobots if they got in his way, and threatened to show them the true power of a triple changer. Optimus Prime requested that Astrotrain leave, but the locomotive/space shuttle Transformer brushed this off with a "whatever", and engaged the Autobots. Despite his best efforts, Astrotrain was defeated. Optimus told the triple changer to fly back on his prized wings, back to Megatron. Realizing that he was defeated, Astrotrain decided to retreat, transforming to his space shuttle form and blasted off. He faced off the Autobots once again outside ELTA. Despite having already fought Snapdragon, Apeface, and countless Decepticon foot soldiers in between them all, the Autobots managed to overcome the triple changer once again.

====Decepticon story====
Astrotrain was a member of a team that Megatron sent to investigate a mysterious UFO that was spotted in the area of [[Zel Samine]]. Something caused the team to lose contact with the main Decepticon forces, and they found out that they could not leave the planet, as Zel's sun, [[Paradius]], emitted electromagnetic rays that was harmful to them. Unable to contact Megatron and with no way to leave the planet safely, Astrotrain and the others scattered across Zel.

The Decepticon forces went to Zel in order to investigate, and Astrotrain found the Decepticons while they were at the hydroelectric power station. He called out to them in his train mode and blew his whistle. He rolled up to them and transformed to robot mode once he was close enough, expressing relief for finding them as his energon supplies had been getting low. When Megatron announced that he was sure Astrotrain would be useful, Astrotrain assured him that he was great in fighting, not just for transporting. {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Astrotrain, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Astrotrain was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
After [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] crashed into a movie set, [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and Astrotrain were sent to retrieve him and the weapon he was transporting. Unfortunately they got into an altercation with the Autobots and failed to destroy the film evidence of the crash, which subsequently made it into a blockbuster film. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Astrotrain participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 100 units of Cybermetal, 50 units of Transmetal, and 30 exclusive cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Astrotrain-EarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Astrotrain was sent to the [[Enigma of Combination|Enigma]] battlefield to grab the Enigma so the Decepticons could make combiners. But he ran into [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. The two had some banter, until Astrotrain left, saying they would settle it later, Triple-changer to Triple-changer. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

* '''Class''': Triple Changer
* '''Weapons''': Astrotrain dual wields large laser rifles to deal damage to whatever he targets.
* Abilities: Being a triple changer Astrotrain is available to two abilities!
** '''Defensive Perimeter''': Bombard all nearby targets with 8 missiles that deal 27 damage. Also puts up a defensive shield that attracts defensives!
** '''Aerial Support''': Rush to a friendly bot healing heath in a wide area when landing.
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Astrotrain was happy to serve as Megatron's primary troop transport, but his true desire was to create an army of loyal train drones. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} Astrotrain picked up rumors that the Autobots were moving a large shipment of energon cubes to the East Coast via rail. However, the Autobot defense grid detected his movements, forcing him to lay low and call in a group of new Decepticon recruits to steal the energon for him. After providing some assistance to the rookies throughout their adventure, Astrotrain helped take down [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and successfully claimed the energon for the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Great Energon Robbery}}

==Toys and merchandise==
{{main|Astrotrain (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:TheTransformerTheMovie-Astrotrainexcaping.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Not shown: Thomas and the stationmaster's house.]]
* Astrotrain's peculiar mix of space shuttle and steam train may have been influenced by ''{{w|Night on the Galactic Railroad}}'', a seminal Japanese children's story about a train traveling through the Milky Way whose iconography inspired many later pieces of fiction in Japan.
* In an early Japanese sales catalog from 1985, the black and white Astrotrain was listed as an '''Autobot''' with the [[List of Japanese ID numbers|ID number]] 16, with [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] being #17 (when released, Megatron was #16, while Astrotrain was #48). In fact, the more realistic black and white deco ''does'' look more like an Autobot...
* Paperwork from 8/15/1984 shown off by Bob Budiansky lists the then unnamed toys that would become Astrotrain and Blitzwing as Autobots, which is crossed off in pencil with "Decepticons" penciled in next to it.
*The opening battle of the [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|original 1984 draft]] of Transformers the Movie features Rails, a giant fire breathing Autobot snake which turns into an old fashioned freight train and a flying "ULTRA TECH FUTURE TRAIN." Now based on the previous points it seems likely that this guy was intended to be the early Autobot version of the character. Writer [[Ron Friedman]] may have been told to include something like an "Autobot triple changer train" in his script and based on that limited description created Rails.
**In his autobiography Friedman seems to confirm this theory by recounting the opening sequence and Rails role in it referring to him as Astrotrain. He also dubiously claims to have created him. Expanding on the character's creation he states that he intended to surprise both the characters and the audience. Mission accomplished there, Ron.
* Astrotrain, along with Cosmos and Omega Supreme, was one of three space-faring characters added to the cartoon in 1985. In addition to the usual voice flanging given to the show's robotic characters, all three had an echoing reverberation applied to their voices, presumably to play up the "outer space" aspect.
* Astrotrain's voice in the Generation 1 cartoon contained a peculiarly-modulated flange effect, mixing a normal voice with a higher-pitched version of the same recording.
* While Astrotrain does not appear in the [[The Transformers: Stormbringer|''Stormbringer'' comic series]] (due in part to him being on Earth at the time), the trade paperback includes a design sketch for a Triple Changer which appears to be intended as Astrotrain's pre-Earth Cybertronian form.
* In the [[2005 IDW continuity]] during [[Simon Furman]] and [[E. J. Su]]'s run, Astrotrain's flight mode was originally depicted as a realistically rendered space vehicle, while his train mode was a modern diesel-electric locomotive akin to a {{w|GE U28C|General Electric U28C model}}... with a decidedly non-standard giant cannon mounted on the engine cowling. From ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' onward, however, Astrotrain's robot mode was reworked to better resemble his ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toy... but rather than transforming into that toy's bullet train form, he instead becomes a purple D62 steam locomotive like his original toy.
*According to [[Daniel Warren Johnson]], Astrotrain's depiction in the Energon Universe is modelled on Donny "the Bear Jew" Donowitz from ''{{w|Inglourious Basterds}}''.
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===Character models===
[[File:AstrotrainCharacterModel.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|That ass be fly, yo. (''Final robot mode models pictured'')]]
* Astrotrain has at least three robot mode [[character model]]s that are known to exist:
** The first is a design that features a lot of extra lines and details on his arms, torso and legs. This model has a gray helmet and mostly gray wings.
** The second is the same model design, just with a purple helmet, which can be seen off and on throughout episodes animated by [[AKOM]] and the [[unknown Generation 1 animation studios]]. This could easily be written off as an [[animation error]], but given the rather large frequency it appears in the cartoon in non-[[Toei Animation|Toei]]-animated episodes, it would seem a variant like this existed.
** The third is his final model, which removes a lot of the details and redesigns the way his lower legs merge with his feet. The colors of this model follow a similar guideline to the second one, however; the wings have more purple covering them than gray.
* Astrotrain's [[robot mode]] models were based on an early prototype of his toy, with a different head design and color scheme. However, like most of the new season 2 characters, it is apparent that his character model was created with only a front-facing photo of the toy for reference—a mistransformed photo in Astrotrain's case, which did not have his shuttle tailfin unfolded into its chestplate form, leading to it being left out from future revisions of his models and by extension, his cartoon and comic book appearances. Additionally, the train mode panels on the sides of his legs were left folded into the train mode positions, leaving the two protruding wheels exposed, thus giving Astrotrain a pair of random gray wheels jutting off of his otherwise detail-less legs in his character models.
* With the lack of any rear-view toy references, the animation model artist(s) designed two entirely distinct rear-view robot mode models for Astrotrain:
** The first design features detailed wings that incorporates circular shapes which are reminiscent of either the toy's space shuttle thrusters or the train wheels—though it's not entirely certain if that was the intention by the artist/s or whether they were just made up greebles. This model was used in the [[Commercial/Generation 1|toy commercial]] advertising the [[1985]] [[Triple Changer]]s and a few scenes in the episode "[[Triple Takeover]]". This model so far, has yet to surface to the wider public.
** The second design (aka the final design) places the shuttle mode tailfin on his back (see right).
* Astrotrain's pre-final front-facing model was published in [[The Ark series|''The Ark'' series]] books alongside his final rear-view robot mode model and final vehicle mode models. This is down to the availability of animation models [[Jim Sorenson]] owned or had access to at the time of the book's creation.
* Due to the prominence of his Generation 1 cartoon animation model, Astrotrain is typically depicted without a chestplate in fiction and most toys. Both his pre-final and final models also feature two eyes, even though the original toy has a visor. The separate eyes were also used for subsequent depictions of the character in fiction, as well as his subsequent toys.

===Foreign names===
* ''Japanese:'' '''Astrotrain''' (アストロトレイン ''Asutorotorein'')
* ''Hungarian:'' '''Űrvonat''' ("Space Train"), '''Űrmozdony''' ("Space Engine", first ''The Movie'' dub)
* ''Italian:'' '''Triplex Uno''' ("Triplex One")
* ''Korean:'' '''Astrotrain''' (아스트로트레인 ''Aseuteuloteulein'')
* ''Mandarin:'' '''Tàikōng Huǒchē''' (Taiwan, 太空火車, "Space Train"), '''Dà Huǒchē''' (China, 大火车, "Big Train")
* ''Portuguese:'' '''Astro-Comboio''' (Portugal, "Astro-Train")
* ''Polish:'' '''Astra''' ("Cosmic Rust"), '''Astropojazd''' ("Astro-vehicle", "The Movie")
* ''Russian:'' '''Astropoyezd''' (Астропоезд, "Astrotrain")
* ''Ukrainian:'' '''Astrotyag''' (Астротяг, "Astrohauler")

==External links==
* [https://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue/Astrotrain_template.html Original Hasbro Astrotrain, original Takara Astrotrain and Takara reissue Astrotrain at TF-1.com]
* [https://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue/Animeastro_template.html e-Hobby Astrotrain and original Astrotrain at TF-1.com]

==References==
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Arcee (G1)

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Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Arcee-SS86packagingart.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Sorry, [[Hot Rod (G1)|bo]][[Springer (G1)|ys]], she's got a [[Aileron|girl]][[Greenlight|friend]].]]
Most make the mistake of noticing only '''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Female Transformer|gender]], but these first impressions are quickly expanded upon. Sure, she's pink, but she'll have swords down on you by the time you remember that's just the color of [[Transformer]] [[energon|blood]]. Arcee is a ruthless and deadly warrior who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat and one of the best sharpshooters on record. The reason for her ferocity is how much she cares for her fellow Autobots and especially the [[human]]s they protect. She knows how fragile her organic companions are, and she's equally aware of the evils of which the [[Decepticon]]s are capable. Peers such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] may be more durable than the humans, but she no less fights to defend them as well. They get in plenty of trouble, so someone has to keep their wits about them to pull them out of the fire when they get in over their heads.

{{bigquote|Ferocity without compassion is brutality.|Arcee's ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]''<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> motto}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:ArceeTFMovie.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
{{main|Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
A close associate of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Arcee fought in both the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and the [[Unicron War]] in [[2005]]. Following that, she continued working closely with Rodimus Prime as one of his primary warriors. In [[2006]], she binary bonded with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] to save his life, becoming a Headmaster.

In a splinter timeline, Arcee was a member of the [[Female Autobots]] and fought in the resistance against the Decepticons on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew lay dormant on [[Earth]]. In [[2011]], Arcee had not become a Headmaster in this timeline; she instead becomes a ''secretary'' for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK future timelines====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|They're not men, Arcee. Transformers have no gender. We've been over this!]]
Arcee was constructed by the Autobots in an alternate future [[1995]] as a goodwill attempt to placate [[Feminist mob|angry feminists]] who thought that they were "sexist" for having no women in their group. After trying multiple times to explain that Autobots, being robots, had no gender, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered and ordered the creation of a new Autobot who would meet the humans' demands for sexual equality. However, when Arcee was unveiled at a public ceremony, her pink, skinny and curvaceous form enraged the very audience Prime intended to placate. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] immediately attacked, looking to crush the "secret weapon" that was promised. Prime warned Arcee to stay back, lest she get hurt in battle, but the female Autobot, rightfully annoyed at the Autobots' lack of faith in her equal ability, singlehandedly forced the Decepticons into a retreat. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] thought that was pretty hot. The feminists were enraged beyond words. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

Arcee was present at the opening of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2004]] when a group of Decepticons led by Shockwave launched an attack, hoping to ruin Autobot-human relations permanently by assassinating several diplomats present. She helped shield the diplomats from harm until Hot Rod drove the attackers away. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

[[File:Springer arcee the planet eater.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
''Arcee was present when the Decepticons launched a major offensive against Autobot City in the year [[2005]]. She and Springer transformed the outpost into its defensive mode, but the Decepticons nonetheless managed to breach its walls. The Autobots eventually drove Megatron and his troops away, but at a steep cost: Optimus had been fatally wounded in battle against his nemesis. Arcee afterward stood in solemn silence as Optimus passed on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] before expiring on his death bed.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''After a brief respite, Arcee and the other Earthbound Autobots received dire news from [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]; a monster planet, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was advancing menacingly towards Cybertron. When perched on Arcee's shoulder, Daniel was apprehensive about what would happen to his father should Unicron attack. There was little time to contemplate the situation, however, as a new enemy then assaulted the Autobots: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Autobots were forced to split up into two groups and blast off aboard a couple of [[Autobot shuttle|shuttles]] in their attempt to escape him, but Galvatron remained in pursuit. In a last-ditch effort to lose the Decepticon, Magnus ordered an emergency separation of the shuttle. After Galvatron destroyed the jettisoned portion of the vessel (and declared the Matrix destroyed), Arcee's group landed their craft on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] for repairs.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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''When Daniel asked to be allowed to help with the repairs, Arcee brought out one of his father's [[Exosuit]]s from storage and helped the boy put it on. Though Daniel had trouble with the suit's workings, Arcee assured him that he was doing well for his first time operating it. The Autobots barely managed to get any work done before Galvatron tracked them down again. Galvatron blew Ultra Magnus to pieces in the ensuing battle and left with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Arcee and her teammates gathered to look over Ultra Magnus afterward, only for the hostile [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to then spring forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived and managed to talk peace with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], the Junkions' leader.''

''Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a confrontation against Unicron. This clash ended with the Autobots' ship spearing through the titan's eye. Arcee and the others were separated from Hot Rod within Unicron, but her group found Spike, Bumblebee, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]]. Hot Rod soon rejoined them, but in his absence, he reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Arceehotrodspacepirates.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Y'know, Arcee, if you'd stop running pigeon-toed, maybe we'd be out of here by now.]]
Though they had been quite friendly beforehand, Arcee and Hot Rod began to drift apart after his ascension to Prime status in [[2006]]. She remained stationed at Autobot City on Earth but grew bored by her duties. One day in [[2008]], Arcee decided to be a bit adventurous, rationalizing that ditching her duties and returning before anyone noticed wouldn't amount to any harm. After a quick drive through the countryside, she returned to base to find it under siege by the [[Quintesson]]s. Arcee was accosted, wounded, and strategically placed as bait so that Rodimus would see her upon investigating the attack on the outpost. Sure enough, when he spotted her, Rodimus rushed to his "childhood" friend's aid. When he tried to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to heal her, Arcee tried to warn her leader of the set-up, but the trap was already sprung; the Quintessons stole the Matrix, and Rodimus Prime reverted to Hot Rod. Despite her injuries, Arcee was soon back on her feet and assisting Hot Rod in a last-ditch effort to thwart the invaders' plans. While she, and a few cassette-Transformers the Quintessons had overlooked, distracted the enemy army, Hot Rod awakened [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], leading to the devastation of the Quintesson fleet. Arcee witnessed Hot Rod retrieve the Matrix from the Quintesson who had swiped it, [[Ghyrik]], after defeating him through trickery. Seeing him hold his own without the Matrix's power renewed Arcee's wavering faith in her Commander. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2009]], Arcee tracked down [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, where they were planning to use a laser bore to leech energy right from the [[Earth's core|planet's core]]. Joining a small Autobot detachment, they destroyed the drill. They returned to Autobot City to face the more significant threat: a [[Time rift|timestorm]] that threatened 20 years of history with destruction. As [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had spent months back in the 20th century, the universe was unraveling from the anomaly.

[[File:TimeWars3-ArceeDinobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Dinobots 1, Chivalry 0]]
Arcee, Rodimus, and several other Autobots traveled back in time to [[1989]] to retrieve the Decepticon villain. Unfortunately, the Autobots of that day mistook them for imposters and tried to kill them. Arcee was nearly mauled to death by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] explained that they were travelers from the future. Even more, unfortunately, Galvatron had acquired some allies in the past: Scourge, [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], and the mighty [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]]. She joined [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in trying to triple-team Megatron, but was only swatted aside like a bothersome insect. Arcee survived, however, and managed to take a few cheap shots at Galvatron later on in the fight. Eventually, the timestorm asserted itself on the battle and consumed Galvatron utterly, ending the temporal distortion. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Arcee and the Autobots returned to their time only to find it had reset, so Galvatron never time-jumped and had instead conquered Cybertron. Arcee and the returnees adjusted as best they could, but the odds were hopelessly against them. The resistance on Cybertron ended when Galvatron and his men ransacked a resistance station, killing [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and the other Autobots present. Galvatron mutilated the corpses to drive Rodimus Prime into a killing frenzy, hoping to corrupt the Matrix through its host. As she felt fire in the depths of her soul, Arcee managed to talk Rodimus down, reminding him of the actual values of an Autobot leader; compassion and mercy. Despite this moral victory, the Autobots' resistance movement was quickly crushed, and they were forced to leave their homeworld. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

[[File:EdgeOfImpact ArceeAirDuct.jpg|thumb|"Newt, WAIT!"]]
Arcee joined a hundreds-strong Autobot team in fleeing to Earth to regroup. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void}} When the Matrix-imprisoned [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] possessed Rodimus and disabled the [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|ship]]'s retro-rockets, Kup had Arcee make her way to the damaged systems through the ship's air ducts. She successfully reached the sabotaged machinery and repaired them, but a crash-landing became inevitable by that time. After the Autobots' ship made landfall, their possessed leader began advancing on them, vowing to tear them apart for their interference. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} Arcee showed a more ruthless side in being the only one of the Autobots to advocate using lethal force on him. Kup was more hesitant in doing so but eventually agreed with Arcee that Unicron had to be stopped, even at the expense of Rodimus's life. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

Kup changed his mind when Unicron's assault came to an abrupt end; Rodimus was fighting back, distracting Unicron from the goings-on in the physical realm. The dark god regained control briefly, killing [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] in the process, and Arcee declared that Unicron had been "faking it" to lure them into a false sense of security. But Kup suspected otherwise and tackled down Rodimus to rip the Matrix out of his chest compartment. Though this released Rodimus from Unicron's control, it did not eliminate his threat; Rodimus declared that one day, he would have to venture back within the Matrix to confront Unicron again. {{storylink|White Fire}} As Unicron would go on to possess Rodimus again and devastate Cybertron in [[2010]]—an event she witnessed—Arcee's ruthless attitude appeared to have been the right one all along. Yes, Rodimus Prime managed to contain Unicron again, but at what price...? {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
Hot Rod, sent on a journey through time and space via [[Primus]], was sent to Junkion and came across the deceased crew of an Autobot shuttle. One of the victims was Arcee. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

====Royal Mail stamp bio====
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Long before she joined the Autobots, Arcee of the Darklands was renowned for her sharpshooting, sword skills, and merciless retribution against her enemies. After befriending Daniel Witwicky on Earth, she is learning to trust others and move away from her violent past.

===Sticker Adventures books===
Arcee was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. She asked Springer to make a note of a specific star. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. There, she helped Springer and Perceptor fix the ship until the native Junkions attacked them. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots, worked together to fix the damaged ship. Arcee and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|thumb|Look, Dinobots, do you get along with Arcee or not?]]
Kup led Hot Rod, Arcee, and the Dinobots on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on Cybertron's second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and the ship crashed on a planet. Everyone landed safely, but Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them but the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed there earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Arcee didn't get a seat during a meeting and later shot at Decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
After digging his way out from underneath a sudden rockslide caused by an unexpected energy surge from a damaged [[stasis pod]], Rattrap demanded to know what in the name of his [[Relatives|great-aunt]] Arcee was going on. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

====3H comics====
{{note|The following takes place during the [[Beast Era]], specifically its cartoon continuity, which took from both the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics. However, these stories seem to be written to be specifically taking place solely after the events of the original cartoon.}}
[[File:Arceedeparturemourns.jpg|left|thumb|Gothy 'cuz all her toys get canceled.]]
{{bigquote|I liked her better when she had that kid in her head.|[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]|"[[Betrayal]]"}}
During a battle against a horde of killer [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] (now an adult) sacrificed their lives to end the threat. Daniel's death took a severe toll on Arcee, who became reclusive, preferring to sit alone with images of her former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. Over time, she slipped away from her friends entirely, disappearing within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After an unspecified event, she took on the form of a techno-organic spider and learned the skills of both [[Crystalocution]] and the previously lost art of [[Tekkaido]]. She firmly believed that she had omens of her friends' deaths before they would happen, and this knowledge had driven her insane. She hid away, hoping to spare herself the pain of experiencing this phenomenon.

[[File:Arceedeparturespider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty fa— well, just don't underestimate me, okay?]]
Hundreds of [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s later when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from [[Earth]]'s past and conquered Cybertron with his army of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Arcee's solitude spared her from the onslaught. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now known simply as Rodimus, had helped form a new team of [[Wreckers]] and wished to enlist Arcee. But Arcee rejected his offer as she was still too embittered by her experience, though she was touched by the Wrecker [[Fractyl]]'s words. Rodimus's Wreckers were followed by Megatron's new Vehicon generals, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], causing a battle that resulted in Fractyl's near-death. Refusing to lose another, Arcee used her spark to save Fractyl, also reformatting him into a Transmetal body. Arcee agreed to depart with the rest of the Wreckers, and she and Fractyl assisted them in defeating a vast Vehicon army to reach an old [[Autobot shuttle]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

But the Autobot bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] had snuck aboard their ship and attacked some of their group. Arcee and the others raced to the rescue, and Arcee was quickly felled by Devcon, despite his new, smaller Vehicon body. After things were sorted out, Arcee tended to Fractyl, whose new Transmetal form was wildly unstable. At Arcee's insistence, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] created a crude medical bot, [[CatSCAN]], to assist Fractyl's recovery. Arcee was oddly unable to foresee the deaths of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], a result of a yet-unknown saboteur amongst their ranks, as she happily watched CatSCAN discover himself while working on Fractyl. Their ship set down on their [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given destination, the remote planet of [[Archa Nine]]. Arcee stayed behind with a few others to repair damage to their ship by their mysterious saboteur, who turned out to be the fellow Wrecker [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stole the [[Divine Light]], the artifact the Wreckers were searching for, and returned to his true master, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Just like old times, but smaller.]]
Arcee blamed herself, as she hadn't been able to foresee death since she saved Fractyl. Demoralized, Arcee and the Wreckers left Archa Nine and headed to another planet at the insistence of their divinely-inspired leader, [[Primal Prime]]. They landed on a small icy planet, and a small scout team, including Arcee, was sent to investigate. After searching for hours, they stumbled upon [[Al-badur]], a [[Quintesson]] scientist. Arcee immediately readied her weapon, as she and Rodimus had had enough of the Quintessons for several lifetimes, but Primal Prime asked her to lower them. Al-badur was a somewhat welcome source of information regarding their quest, and before they could leave the planet with him, they were under attack by a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] sent by Cryotek. Arcee and Rodimus quietly bonded as they battled the Sharkticons; it was just like old times. Slowly but surely, Arcee's demeanor had lightened. After the Sharkticons were defeated, Al-badur explained their problem. The Divine Light was an ancient Quintesson piece of technology that allowed them to tap directly into the power of [[Primus]], and now Cryotek had it! {{storylink|Disclosure}}

But when they returned to Cybertron, it had changed during their absence into a [[technorganic]] paradise by the [[Great Transformation]]. Quintessons had seized the opportunity to invade the planet, but Primal Prime assured Arcee and the others that Cryotek was their only concern. Primal Prime, Apelinq, [[Ramulus]] and [[Tigatron]] left them to find Cryotek, leaving Arcee and the others to take their injured to safety before joining the counterattack forces on the ground. Instead, their shuttle took heavy damage and descended in a ball of fire and smoke—Arcee, grabbing Fractyl's body and what life support she could, abandoned ship with the rest. Disregarding Primal Prime's orders, Arcee suggested they find Cryotek and help the other Wreckers defeat him. Descending into the layers of Cybertron, they met [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who joined them on their journey.

Finding the battleground between Cryotek and [[Sentinel Maximus]] (the combined form of Apelinq and Primal Prime, newly merged by Primus), Arcee reluctantly set aside Fractyl and his life support to join the fight. She helped Devcon defeat Cryotek's mutated pet [[Chro]], using her weblines to hold the monster still so the bounty hunter could shoot at it. But Cyclonus and Rodimus had disappeared beneath some rubble, so Arcee, Fractyl (who had been magically repaired by Tigatron expending all of his [[Vok]] powers) and the others went digging for him... and instead found [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]... and Arcee's nephew, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. They avoided each other's glances awkwardly.

They found Rodimus, but he was in rough shape, having fought nearly to the death with Cyclonus. Arcee and the others agreed to follow Al-badur's instruction in defeating Cryotek and helped direct the battle between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek to a chamber deep within Cybertron. Arcee asked Fractyl to keep on Rodimus, who was extremely weak. Their group arrived in the desired room, but Arcee had a bad feeling about the place. It seemed familiar. She recognized it too late. It was a Quintesson banishment chamber, and Al-badur had activated the containment shield within, locking Sentinel Maximus, Cryotek, and himself inside a forcefield bubble that fed into a strongly gravitational portal into nothingness. To Arcee's initial horror, despite her pleas, Rodimus stood up to deal with the situation. She knew that his following action would kill him in his weakened state, but after his assurances, she resigned herself to the outcome. Rodimus and Cheetor, both [[Matrix Templar]]s, used their skills to drain Cryotek of his Primus-stolen powers. As expected, this was too much for Arcee's long-time friend, and though they succeeded in saving Cybertron, Rodimus was dead.

But she realized death isn't an ending; it was just another change. "And change is what we do." Arcee and Fractyl gathered his body to take it to a secret burial ground that Arcee knew. She promised that this time, she wouldn't disappear forever. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:PassiveAggression ArceeHotRod.jpg|upright=1.8|left|thumb|"''Sigh''...Hot Rod, I'm breaking up with you." "Wait, we were dating??"]]
Before the war, Arcee worked in a hazardous materials treatment plant. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} She became a member of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s underground rebellion team headquartered in the [[Wastelands]] during the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. She was regarded as one of the team's odd ones along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], though neither were unappreciated. Both [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod quickly fell in love with her. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} What no one knew, however, was that Arcee was a sleeper agent of the [[Quintesson]]s and a member of [[Female Autobots|their elite warriors]]. Her task was to keep an eye on the war's proceedings, particularly Autobot activity, and the location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and any Transformers with an affinity for the object. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} As such, Arcee was delighted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was brought to the rebels' base, much to Hot Rod's misguided annoyance. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Since the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were making a mess in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] at the time, Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] on the polity, forcing the rebels to make their final stand against him immediately. Arcee ended up teamed up with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]—a situation that bugged Hot Rod because he couldn't keep an eye on her. Halfway through the battle, Arcee witnessed [[Shockwave's Tower]] shooting a beam of sorts to an [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown destination]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shortly after, she also witnessed the Decepticon hijack of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Even with these setbacks, the Autobots won and reclaimed Iacon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostandFound Arcee friends.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm glad you said that. I'll invite [[Female Autobots|them]] over [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|right away]]."]]
The Autobots set up a new [[Autobase]] in Iacon, where Springer and Hot Rod used relative peacetime to win Arcee's affection. Hot Rod had a date of sorts with Arcee to help prepare and watch the shuttle that would send a group of Autobots to [[Earth]] take off, but only after he'd be done training. Springer jumped onto the opportunity and offered to go with Arcee while Hot Rod was busy. Arcee accepted, much to Hot Rod's annoyance. At Landing Platform A, after they were done loading baggage, Arcee was lost in thoughts, of which a few she shared with Springer when he asked what was on her mind: Arcee wasn't sure of her purpose in life and if she belonged on Cybertron. Springer assured her she belonged with her friends.

Over at [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], Arcee's masters observed the proceedings on Cybertron with glee, noting that not only had they found another Transformer with an affinity for the Matrix in Hot Rod, but their own agent Arcee would work perfectly as a key to break his will. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} The Quintessons' plans would even be able to be executed well ahead of time by the Autobots' next move. Arcee was selected to leave with Kup, Springer, and the Dinobots to set up a new moonbase, while Hot Rod was chosen for guard duty at Autobase with only Gnaw and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to assist him. Arcee's report on this situation got the Quintessons to send her colleagues for Hot Rod and the Matrix. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
In the shuttle, taking them all to one of Cybertron's moons, Arcee witnessed an amusing conversation between Kup and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. The view outside drew back her attention, though, where an [[Quintesson Cruiser|odd-looking object]] floated in wait for the shuttle. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:TheArtofWar1 girltalk.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb]]
To oversee the decommissioning of all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Arcee was sent to the planet alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the last of which whom she had a mutual attraction. Shortly after the group arrived at [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], the facility came under attack by [[Cobra]], and Arcee helped fight them off alongside [[Scarlett]], who was surprised over the existence of "girl robots." {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Upon hearing about a security breach in the lower levels of Area 52, the group headed there and, to Arcee's horror, found Bumblebee injured and low on energy. Before the group could do much about him, they were attacked by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joes' mechs]] and forced them to fight the Autobots before bringing the roof down on everyone. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

The Autobots and Joes survived and quickly followed Serpent O.R. through a warp gate to Cybertron, where they were attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s. Arcee didn't think they were very threatening but suggested that they retreat to protect the humans. During their escape, she promised that she'd rotate Bumblebee's tires if he could outrace her... only to run straight into Serpent O.R. and his new army, who remorselessly killed Bumblebee and captured the others. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to their G.I. Joe friends. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Arcee and the others made their way to his chambers, only to find that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body after he had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. "Serpentor Prime" effortlessly defeated most of the Autobots and Joes, but Arcee dodged his tentacles and managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to take the Matrix's power and defeat him. Sometime later, Arcee cried for Bumblebee during a memorial service for him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Arcee wound up not getting invited. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightArcee-ArceeWillBurnJhiaxusDown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|She does this a lot.]]
{{main|Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
Sibling of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], '''Arcee of the [[Darklands]]''' was an ancient warrior, hailing from the prehistoric era that predated modern Transformer civilization, serving under the fearsome tyrant [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] during the wars that led to the unification of Cybertron under the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} "Forged male," Arcee would eventually seek out the assistance of the amoral scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] for assistance, after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to the species after its mysterious elimination, Arcee would be altered at the genetic level—but Jhiaxus's callous treatment of his patient would change Arcee into a raging berserker. She could only focus on exacting bloody revenge against him and all that he had created, {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} {{storylink|Post}} finally getting even with her tormentor after the thwarting of [[Nova Prime]]'s [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

It would not be until after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] that Arcee would truly embark on the long road to recovery; first falling in with the amoral [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] as a private enforcer, {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} and later with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Arcee was able to slowly work past her many demons, finding companionship, camaraderie, and even [[Transformer romance|love]] in her new role as Optimus Prime's advisor—having lived through the era of the Thirteen and experienced their many atrocities firsthand, Arcee remained unafraid to call out her new leader as he verged closer and closer to repeating their mistakes. But when those mistakes came home to roost in the form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Arcee played an instrumental role in the battle against the planet-eater before settling into a new life on Earth with [[Aileron]]. {{storylink|Post}}

===Robot Heroes===
Arcee was Optimus's strong-willed and humble friend. With the rest of Autobots, they boarded the Ark to search for Energon among the stars. They came to Earth and fought back against the Decepticons when they started trouble. Arcee leaped up to bring Starscream down to the ground, where Drift shoved him into a river! The Autobots then decided to keep vigil over the Earth, should the Decepticons ever return. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Autobots to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]] so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Arcee could be seen standing side by side with Jazz on one of Synergy's view screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:FuneralForAFriend-megrimlockking.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Known as the guardian of [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Arcee was a [[Rescuebot]], and one of the Autobots stationed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command when a patrol brought back several captured [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]]. She was opposed to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] decision to sentence the invaders to death and gave them their weapons back so they could fight off the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] used for the execution. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} This compassionate act allowed the Joes to survive and broker a truce with the Autobots, and both sides celebrated with a dance party. As Grimlock explained how he came to be leader after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fled, Arcee protested that no one knew if that was the real truth. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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When the Decepticon-Cobra alliance attacked Metroplex, Arcee, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] took some Joes to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to free [[U.S.7]] from within the giant and bring him to his senses. Together with [[Tunnel Rat]], she made her way to Maximus's brain, found that it was being corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and defeated her. The three Autobots and their human allies then moved to attack [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to be captured. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} They were sent to the [[Polyhex Killway]] and mind-controlled into fighting each other, with Arcee being forced to try and run down [[Dusty]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] with her car mode. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} The captives were then moved to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], where the Autobots were trapped, unresponsive, in their vehicle modes but recovered after the Joes used them as getaway vehicles to break out of the city. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

The Rescuebots swore to protect humanity by forging a "combination lock," merging into the giant Defensor. Arcee became Defensor's... er, crotch. At any rate, Defensor helped take down Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} Arcee later participated in the final battle against DeceptiCobra. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
[[File:ABTF4 ArceeCyberHaystack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.5|A.K.A. "Seattle."]]
Arcee was part of the shuttle crew carrying the [[AllSpark]] and helped defend it from a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}} The AllSpark was lost in space during the battle. Just as Arcee and the others were lamenting the difficulty in finding it, it came back to them, crashing through one of the shuttle's windshield alongside a [[Minion Pig]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends World Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Definitely nothing unprocessed happening here.]]
The aunt and caretaker of [[Rattrap (BW)#Legends comic 2|Rattrap]], the Arcee of the [[Legends World]] was shocked when her nephew was turned into an actual Transformer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}} Then, when he was turned into a [[technorganic]] Transformer, she just responded with "Again?" {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#LG03 Tankor Prologue|LG03 Tankor Prologue}} Eventually, the [[Transformers sickness]] caused by Rattrap's toy collection got to her, too, and she became a full-size transforming version of herself. She didn't worry too much about that, though, as Rattrap was late for work, so she quickly made him lunch and personally drove him to work with her new car mode. [[T-AI#Legends comic 2|Ai]] attempted to arrest Arcee before she could cause any trouble like other Transformers had, but was talked out of it by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Tigatron]], who recognized Arcee's new form from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Out of gratitude, Arcee made dinner for the whole [[Axalon Trading Company]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 10|Bonus Edition Vol. 10}}

Rhinox and Tigatron were jealous of Rattrap's relationship with Arcee, who had bathed him and slept in the same bed as him when he was young until he explained that she hadn't ''always'' been a giant robot. When she was officially diagnosed with [[Transformers sickness]] by [[Bump]] and told to throw out Rattrap's toys so she could recover, Arcee flatly refused, knowing how much her nephew loved his collection. Instead, she just continued living her everyday life as a giant robot body. {{storylink|Transformers Legends: Arcee Chapter|Arcee Chapter}} Arcee was later caught up in the massive world-ending storm summoned up by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} She later heard Rattrap yell out in surprise upon finding his [[Mini-Con]] collection missing. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Armada Megatron}}

[[File:Legends World Arcee Transformers sickness.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Completely normal storyline.]]
Arcee was among the defenders of the Legends world who helped defeat [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] when she showed up to cause trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} During [[Halloween]], she dressed up as a maid and set out alongside Windblade and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to stop [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s trick-or-energy scheme, only for Megatron's new minion, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], to web them up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} Tigatron later had a dream of Arcee and Chromia wearing each other's armor. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends: Chromia Chapter|Chromia Chapter}} Upon overhearing Slipstream telling Rattrap that she'd gotten a facelift back in her universe, Arcee jealously wished that she could go there too. Rattrap assured her she looked plenty young already and didn't need remodeling. {{storylink|LG-16 Slipstream Sequel}}

[[File:TFLegendsAutobotsHalloweenCostumes.jpg|thumb|right|"Doc why do you keep asking about my relationship with my mother."]]
The [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] of the [[G1 World]] harbored regrets over a failed relationship with his own universe's Arcee, leading to him traveling to the Legends World to remodel his body into something better looking. {{storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} There, he ran into the local Arcee and decided to try again by asking her out, but she turned him down, explaining she was much too busy taking care of Rattrap. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} She later witnessed [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] enter the Legends Universe, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Deadlock}} and was caught up in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s attack on the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} On accepting a package from [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s delivery service, Arcee was taken aback by how chatty he was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

While acting as a cheerleader at a soccer game, Arcee found herself targeted by the prank-loving [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who flipped her skirt and kicked soccer balls at her. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}} She later visited Rattrap's job to bring him lunch and made [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] blush by telling him he'd been working hard lately. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} Arcee was home when [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] of the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] delivered a package, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} was seen driving on the roads of [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]], {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} and got covered in bugs when tiny [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] clones swarmed the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}} Metroplex later recalled that she was present when he arrived in this world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Metroplex}} When Windblade attacked again, Arcee kept Rattrap from being blown away. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon continuity===
====''Q-Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Sumire Uesaka]] (Japanese)}}
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When she was in middle school, Arcee used to write poems about moss growing at a bus stop in her diary. {{storylink|The Road to Dark and Comical Transformers}} Seeking a new way to increase the ''Transformers'' brand's popularity, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] thought they could inject some sex appeal by putting Arcee in a bath. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}} Arcee herself was brought in to detail the shows ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', making note of the changes the shows and their Japanese dubs made to the course of the franchise. When Optimus thought they should think of a dark but funny premise for a ''Transformers'' show, Arcee suggested an action-based adventure with embarrassing passages from her middle school poetry appearing in the background. {{storylink|The Road to Dark and Comical Transformers}}

[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s concept for an adult theme park based on Q-Transformers had a picture of Arcee mounted on the entrance arch. {{storylink|The Road to Q-Transformers Land Which Won't Lose to Puroland}} While discussing the concept of a Q-Transformers movie, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] lamented that they only had one female character. {{storylink|The Road to Q-Transformers: The Movie}}

====''20th Anniversary: The Road to Beast Wars' Resurrection''====
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====''Legends'' comic====
Arcee summed up the ending of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' to those of [[you]] who didn't watch it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Just in case you only bought one of the toys telling the story, she also recapped [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s journey into the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} as well as Waspinator's possession at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In a reality where the Cybertronian civil war had ended relatively early, Arcee was a biologist protoformed with a male chassis. Post-war, she was sent to observe several organic-populated worlds, where she discovered the organic concept of "gender dysphoria disorder," something which applied to herself. Returning home, she released a paper on the subject. Arcee and several others like her underwent reformatting and replacing bits of their genetic code to rectify the dysphoria between their neural/spark programming and their [[CNA]].

At some point, Arcee ended up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. She gave a lecture on Cybertronian gender, which [[Vector Prime]] attended. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/12/23}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
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{{quote|I will never stop fighting for the future I know is possible.}}
Arcee was a potential bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As a force for honor, Arcee planned to continue Optimus Prime's legacy by abandoning her past as a warrior and making reparations for the damage caused by the war. Instead, the Matrix went to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Source:Power of the Primes Fan Vote|''Power of the Primes'' fan poll}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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Arcee was battling the Decepticons alongside Optimus Prime and Bumblebee until [[Baron Karza]] abducted the Autobot leader, leaving the two Autobots baffled at the mysterious disappearance of their leader. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Part of the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when the ship left Cybertron four million years ago, Arcee, the other Autobots, and Megatron's Decepticons crash-landed on Earth some four million years ago, reawakening to wage a secret war for control of Earth's [[energon]]. Eventually, the outbreak of the [[Eugenics Wars]] and [[World War III]] around the turn of the millennium prompted them to flee the planet aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and search for Energon elsewhere in the galaxy. The Autobots were unaware that the Decepticons had done the same until they were attacked by the Decepticon Titan [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] over the barren moon of [[Cygnus Seven]]. In the ensuing battle, the damaged Fortress Maximus crashed into the surface of the planet, knocking him and all of his passengers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—into [[stasis lock]] for some two hundred years.

In the 23rd century, [[Federation]] colonists conducting a routine [[dilithium]] mining operation stumbled on the dormant Transformers, inadvertently triggering the Titan's autonomous repair protocols. First, bringing the Decepticons online, the evil Transformers attacked the Federation colony. At the same time, Optimus Prime gave chase, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} and the other Autobots had only just been restored to full functionality before [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the crew of the starship ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' sent an away team to investigate the mineshaft. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Though the Autobots, distrustful of humanity after witnessing their ancient wars, attempted to capture the humans, Kirk convinced them of their good intentions. The two factions brokered an alliance to rescue the wounded Optimus—only for the Decepticons to cave in the mineshaft. It was [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] who hatched a new plan to bring Fortress Maximus back online, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} with Arcee watching as he rigged up a device that would reactivate the Titan by analyzing Kirk's brainwaves. Despite [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s doubts, the plan worked, and Fortress Maximus was restored to full functionality, his alternate mode reconfigured into a copy of the ''Enterprise'' linked to Kirk's consciousness. Blasting his way to freedom, Arcee and the other Autobots rolled out to take on the Decepticons and their new [[Klingon]] allies, with Arcee facing off against her old nemesis [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] until the arrival of Trypticon. After Kirk rescued the Federation miners by beaming them and Arcee aboard, he transformed the ship into the mighty "Fortress Tiberius." {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

Though Kirk successfully defeated Trypticon, the heroes learned that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] already absconded with a load of stolen [[dilithium]], intent on conquering the [[Klingon Empire]] and their capital world of [[Kronos]], {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}} forcing the two ''Enterprises'' and their crews to give chase. Joined by [[Crewbot|a series of custom-built mechanical suit]]s, the Autobots leaped into action against Megatron and his allies. Though one of Soundwave's sonic frequencies paralyzed them, it would be the Klingons themselves who successfully thwarted the attempted invasion. In the aftermath, Arcee and the other Autobots chose not to return to Earth with the crew of the ''Enterprise'', preferring to travel the stars, but Prime pledged that he and his soldiers would be on call if Kirk ever required their assistance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===An Arcee Sort of Day===
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When the Great War ended, Arcee was left feeling rudderless in this era of newfound peace. Despite having a bad day in which she had her housing loan rejected, and later picked a fight with a reckless driver, a greeting from her pet robot cat when she came home prompted her to muse that maybe peacetime wasn't so bad. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' #4]]}}
[[File:ArceeGreenlightRun-Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I've only had Gauge for a day and a half, but if anything happened to her, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself."]]
Arcee was a particularly feared soldier during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] and spearheaded at least one assassination mission that targeted one of [[Exarchon]]'s many iterations. Following the end of the war and the ratification of the [[Nominus Edict]], Arcee settled into a peaceful civilian life and eventually a romance with [[Greenlight]]. However, she remained a skilled fighter with a short temper. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

Following [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder, the Senate authorized the [[Reproduction|forging]] of a new Transformer and selected Arcee to mentor the young Cybertronian. At the customary ceremony at in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Forge Pyramid]], Arcee and Greenlight met their new ward [[Gauge]] and helped welcome her into the world. Observing these events, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] told [[Rubble]] that the newborn had essentially received two mentors for the price of one. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

Arcee grew very protective of Gauge, quick to lash out when people suggested she had been forged as a political move to take people's minds off Brainstorm's death. As tensions grew between the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s, Greenlight initially suggested taking Gauge off-world aboard an outbound [[Reversionist]] vessel: a suggestion that Arcee initially disagreed with, fearing that uprooting Gauge at this crucial stage might impact her development. Following [[Vigilem]]'s destruction of the [[Tether]], however, the three tried to help with rescue efforts until a confrontation with [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] and [[Singe]] at a nearby [[energon storage field]] made up Arcee's mind. The three raced to board the Reversionist starship ''[[Exodus (G1 ship)|Exodus]]'' on the outskirts of Iacon. Although Arcee nearly sacrificed herself to get her ward safely off-planet, she was able to board the ship at the last moment and rejoined her family. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

[[File:GaugingTheTruthPart2-ExodusBrig.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Throw her in the brig!" "We don't have a brig." "Then throw her in the laundry room. Which will hereafter be referred to as 'the brig'."]]
However, Reversionist plenary [[Heretech]] was displeased by the presence of non-Reversionists aboard the ship, fearing that they would interfere with his grand plan to cleanse Cybertron of heresy. He and the other Reversionists forcibly separated Gauge from her mentors and had them imprisoned in a makeshift brig in the bowels of the ship's engine room. The Reversionist curate [[Accelerator]] reprogrammed Gauge so that she'd forget her old life with her mentors. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} Aware that Heretech was planning something sinister, but unaware of the specifics, Greenlight was able to hack into the ship's systems and sent a message to Gauge telling her to come and find them. When she did so, Arcee and Greenlight introduced themselves to their former mentee and explained that they wanted to tell her the truth. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth: Part One}}

Using a [[Cortical psychic patch|psychic patch]], Arcee and Greenlight got Gauge to trust them by helping her remember what happened before boarding the ''Exodus''. Then they asked her to deactivate the bars to their cage—a dangerous task that would involve infiltrating Heretech's private quarters. Gauge did so, and as the ''Exodus'' returned to Cybertron, Arcee and Greenlight successfully broke out and subdued the guards sent to stop them. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} As the Reversionists began their attack on the planet, Arcee and Greenlight escaped the ''Exodus'' to warn Cybertron's inhabitants of the impending attack, then intervened to help Gauge stop Heretech using their alternate modes. Arcee and Gauge teamed up to incapacitate Heretech with a mass of exploding Energon; in the aftermath, the three elected to stay behind on Cybertron together. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Three: Moment of Truth|Moment of Truth}}

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Arcee took up arms with Optimus Prime and the Autobots against the conquest of Cybertron by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} As Iacon fell to the Decepticons, Arcee, Greenlight, and Gauge joined Optimus Prime as they relocated to [[Crystal City]] and all formally became Autobots. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} She assisted [[Pyra Magna]] at [[Protihex]] to recover who and what they could before the city-state fell. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} Arcee was at the Autobranding ceremony in [[Crystal City]] where those opposed to the Decepticons united under the Autobot badge. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

When they learned [[Termagax]] had the [[Enigma of Combination]] by the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], Arcee joined Pyra Magna and a tactical unit in securing the location. She was positioned on the roof of Termagax's [[House (building)|House]] as a sniper with [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. They shot down the [[Rainmaker]]s when the Decepticons arrived to make their own claim to the Enigma. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Still, she and Sureshot were unprepared for the sudden arrival of the teleporting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He evaded their sniper fire, and the Enigma was ultimately lost in the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

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After returning to Crystal City, Smokescreen recruited Arcee and a small team to break into Iacon and rescue [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from Decepticon captivity. The group used one of Swindle's old tunnels to get into the city, then launched a rooftop attack on the former Senate building to rescue their prisoner. on returning to [[Swindle's|Swindle's casino]] to coordinate their exit strategy. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} However, when the ruling Decepticons caught wind of Autobot intruders working with Swindle, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and his troops launched an attack on the casino, and Arcee was injured in the subsequent shootout before Smokescreen and Chromia could bring down the casino on top of their pursuers and make a clean getaway. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}} As a result, Arcee was out of action during the subsequent siege of Crystal City; as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] worked to repair her shoulder, Greenlight reminded her that Arcee couldn't recklessly risk her life to protect her family. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

By the time that the Autobots withdrew to neighbouring [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], Arcee had made a full recovery in time to join [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and fend off a last-ditch Decepticon assault intended to prevent the Autobots from leaving the planet, but promised Greenlight and Gauge that she'd make it aboard. Arcee survived the battle, and once their ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' left the planet she, Greenlight, and Gauge all stood together to listen to Optimus Prime's final speech. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers vs. the Terminator''===
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Arcee was one of the many dormant Autobots aboard the ''Ark'' in 1984. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} In the original timeline, she survived long enough to become known to [[Skynet]] and receive a threat level of "maximum."

After being reactivated and reformatted in the altered timeline, Arcee became the reluctant overseer of the [[T-800]], a time-traveling android whose interference spared the Autobots from being executed by the Decepticons. After showing him the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapon locker and conducting a perimeter sweep, unaware that he'd secretly scattered explosives around the area, Arcee responded to Bumblebee's call for reinforcements at a [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility. Eager as ever for a fight, Arcee threw herself at Thundercracker, impaling the Seeker's nosecone with her sword. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

Though Arcee managed to slay [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], the Autobots were still outnumbered and quickly boxed in. Salvation came when Starscream betrayed the Decepticons and shot Soundwave in the back; the distraction allowing Arcee to slam Skywarp into Thundercracker and take both out of the fight. After Bumblebee and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] had defeated the other two Insecticons, [[Sarah Connor]] called the Autobots to aid the bisected T-800. Arcee threw him into Megatron's open wound and allowed him to destroy the tyrant from inside. After Arcee loaded the captured Decepticons into Optimus' trailer, the Autobots returned to the ''Ark'' to find the volcano destroyed. Recognizing that the T-800 had done this, Arcee cursed herself for trusting the android before the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to a truce. In the months and years that followed, Sarah Connor got a job at [[Skywatch]] and used her connections to keep an eye on her Cybertronian friends, including Arcee. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', traveling through space in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. Arcee was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant]], {{storylink|Arcee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' toy packaging}} whose function was a warrior. Her primary objective was to achieve victory, and her primary weapons were [[Energon battle pistol|Energon pistol]]s. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref>

Closer than ever to reaching the [[AllSpark]], the Autobots awakened after crash-landing on pre-Ice Age Earth. While battling the Decepticons, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

During this period, Arcee [[trans-scan]]ed into a sports car. Her Energon pistols and speed were her powers and weapons, and her core traits were her ferocity, fearlessness, and protectiveness. Arcee's message from the future was that her cooperation with mysterious new allies will lead to heroic ends. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jessica DiGiovanni]] (English), [[Suzuka Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Isabelle Auvray]] (French), [[Franziska Endres]] (German), [[Gabriela Bicalho]] (Portuguese), [[Ana Richart]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Adriana Olmedo]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Renu Sharda]] (Hindi)}}
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Arcee accompanied the Energon scavenger Bumblebee, and fellow Autobot Cog on a mission to steal a supply of Energon to fuel The Ark. Bumblebee brought them to the den of the [[mercenary]] [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. On approach to Soundblaster's throne, Arcee pointed out that he looked like Soundwave; Bumblebee suggested ''not'' bringing up the topic to Soundblaster, as he was sensitive about being a failed clone. Bumblebee successfully deceived Soundblaster into thinking that Arcee and Cog were his new apprentices in the Energon scavenging business. Taken down to the vault, Arcee sprung into action, with Cog transforming into a weapon for her to use and holding back the guards while Bumblebee stole Energon. However, before the trio could leave, Soundblaster arrived, having caught on from the start thanks to surveillance from [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. Soundblaster also decided that since Arcee and Cog were valuable as Autobots, he'd cash them in for profit. He then had Arcee, Cog and Bumblebee surrounded. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Outnumbered, Arcee and the others prepared for the inevitable fight, but the arrival of Shockwave's virus affected the [[Dome Guard]]s' weapons. The distraction gave the Autobots the chance to escape. Yet, with Bumblebee incapacitated from the sudden loss of the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], Arcee was left to take the wheel of a speeder, which she used to escape with Bumblebee and Cog. They reached Autobot Command with the needed energon just as the Decepticons launched their attack. Arcee and Cog brought the Energon to the ship, enabling it to take flight. Arcee remained aboard the Ark for the duration of the battle and assisted in holding back the attacking Decepticons. She was aboard the ''Ark'' when it flew into the space bridge. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Having been knocked unconscious by the jump, Arcee was among the Autobots captured by [[Doubledealer]] and the crew of the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' and brought to the Quintesson [[Deseeus]] on [[Chaar]] for judgment. However, after teaming up with the Mercenaries that had first captured them, the Autobots fought off Deseeus' private army and escaped back aboard the ''Ark''. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 2}} Arcee joined Optimus, Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Sideswipe aboard [[Nebulos]] Station and helped fight off [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], sealing the door to keep him out and providing cover fire for Optimus. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} While Scorponok was preoccupied fighting the Decepticons, she and the other Autobots made their escape, only for Starscream to fire on the station, sending the ''Ark'' and its crew into the [[Dead Universe]]. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

Arcee remained on board the ''Ark'' while Optimus spoke to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] and later observed Earth once they escaped. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} However, the Decepticons were close behind and boarded the ''Ark''. Their fight was then interrupted by the ''Fool's Fortune''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s arrival, helmed by a Deseeus-controlled Doubledealer. As a result of the Mercenary ship's destruction, the ''Ark'' and its crew were sent crashing down to Earth. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:ShineLikeADiamond-Arcee.jpg|thumb|250px|"So, Rarity, have you ever stabbed someone through the chest?"]]
While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], Arcee was among the many Cybertronians [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} After crash-landing in [[Manehattan]], she singlehandedly rescued [[Rarity]] and her employees from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After befriending Rarity, she teamed up with her to defeat Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Shine Like a Diamond}}

When the Decepticons and [[changeling]]s attacked the [[Crystal Empire]], Arcee was part of the force that defended it, slamming into [[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]] before engaging [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]. When the Autobots later returned to Cybertron, Arcee confirmed that everyone who had been dragged to Equestria had been returned home. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

Following the release of [[King Sombra]] on Cybertron, Arcee and [[Greenlight]] began noticing the strange effects his presence was having on Cybertron before they ran across [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]] who were seeking their niece, [[Scootaloo]]. Though Arcee readily offered her aid, a magically enthralled [[Killmaster]] arrived. Though both ponies and Autobots initially tried their hand at defeating the Decepticon, he was only defeated when Greenlight wrapped the ponies' yarn around him, which allowed Arcee to send him flying off. It was then that Scootaloo showed up, accompanied by a few Cybertronian youths. Content that the children were safe, the four adults enjoyed a picnic. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

When the alliance sought to prevent King Sombra from reactivating [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Arcee wielded [[Applejack]] as a weapon and treid out some Equestrian slang before they defeated the [[unicorn]] tyrant and established a temporary truce with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
Arcee was among the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

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===Energon Universe===
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When Arcee was young, her clan was killed during the siege of Cybertron. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] took her on as his [[Iron Apprentice]], and taught her how to survive on the battlefield. However, Arcee's Arcee's search for justice soon became a single-minded quest for vengeance; until Ultra Magnus was gravely wounded and presumed dead, leaving Arcee to blame herself for his fate. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

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Centuries later, Arcee was one of countless Autobots lying in stasis aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after it crashed to Earth. She and numerous other dormant Autobots were taken by [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (G1)#Energon Universe|Ratchet]] as they were forced to flee the ''Ark'' under pressure from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}} While some other Autobots were awakened after that, they lacked the energon to revive Arcee until Ratchet, [[Sparkplug Witwicky#Energon Universe|Sparky Witwicky]], and a half-rebuilt [[Wheeljack (G1)#Energon Universe|Wheeljack]] hit upon the idea of using a human-built dam and a jury-rigged turbine to produce the energon necessary to revive the remaining Autobots. Arcee was the first to be revived this way, and she eagerly greeted her old friend, Ratchet. When the Decepticons attacked, Arcee had to tackle Ratchet aside to dodge some strafing from Seekers. Arcee and Ratchet then dragged a dormant [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]] over to the turbine for revival. Then, Arcee saw the Autobots' human friend [[Carly (G1)#Energon Universe|Carly]] tumble over the side of the dam. Despite not knowing Carly, Arcee figured that if Optimus cared about her, then so should she, and used her new Earth [[alternate mode]] to drive up the face of the dam and save the human from her fall. The battle ended with Jazz successfully reawakened, but the turbine was damaged before any more Autobots could be revived.

Optimus then decided to act on the apparent numerical advantage they had over the Decepticons and launched an offensive to recapture the ''Ark''. However, they were met by a [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] welcoming committee, and Arcee and Jazz were tossed back by [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}} Arcee and the other Autobots retreated to the ''Ark'', but not before witnessing Optimus Prime be pummeled by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. She then dragged Optimus Prime into the starship before getting him onto a table to get him help with his wounds, noting that the Decepticons were trying to break in from outside. Pleading for Optimus to not die, she watched the Prime attempt to pass the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] onto one of them before the artifact hit the ground. After his injuries dissipated, the Decepticons burst into the room and Arcee faced off against [[Thundercracker (G1)#Energon Universe|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

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Some time later, Arcee caught Carly training herself on how to use a rifle. Arcee tried to join in, but overdid it. She then remarked that she wished she wasn't so good at shooting, which puzzled Carly, who was eager to fight the Decepticons to avenge her [[Davey|dead father]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Energon Universe|wounded boyfriend]]. Seeing the same sort of hate in Carly's eyes that she had once had, Arcee related her story to the human, trying to explain that a thirst for vengeance creates more problems than it solves. Carly, however, was unreceptive. Arcee subsequently attended a discussion among the Autobots as they debated their next steps. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

Arcee accompanied [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]], Spike, and Carly to a beach for a bit. Later, back at the ''Ark'', Carly accidentally fired an RPG at the [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]]-embedded [[Skywarp (G1)#Energon Universe|Skywarp]], but to Carly's shock, Arcee blocked the shot with her body. This display managed to convince Skywarp to repair Wheeljack's legs. Since the ''Ark'' was so low on energon, they weren't able to repair Arcee, but she still tracked down Carly at her van to check in with her again, explaining to her that while Optimus sought peace, he was intimately aware of what loss felt like.

When the Autobots detected Decepticon activity, Prime initially wanted Arcee to join in on a party to sort it out, but when Carly expressed intentions to come along, Arcee proposed that she take the human on as her Iron Apprentice – just as Ultra Magnus had done with her – since it would mean that Carly would at least have someone with her. Carly agreed, and the two of them stayed behind to guard the ''Ark'' with Wheeljack. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 8|Transformers #8}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 9 – Carly Mediates.jpg|They forgot to turn on the green screen.|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
The three of them then set out for Farmingham Dam to try and repair the turbine that had brought Arcee online so they could revive more Autobots. On the way, Arcee tried to explain to Carly what it meant to fight in tandem with an ally, but her simile flew right over Carly's head. Before they could make it to the dam, they encountered a roadblock set up by a human militia from [[Farmingham]]. Carly stepped in front of Arcee and Wheeljack to vouch for the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 9|Transformers #9}}

While they were siphoning energy, Optimus returned with [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] and someone damaged beyond recognition. To Arcee's shock, it was her mentor Ultra Magnus, not dead but tortured at [[Shockwave (G1)#Energon Universe|Shockwave]]'s hand. Magnus told her he didn't want her to see him like this as Arcee wept over him. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 10|Transformers #10}} Once they'd returned to the ''Ark'', Arcee and Carly watched over Magnus as he was repaired. Elita One walked in and chastised Arcee for leaving Cybertron with Optimus, which earned Elita a punch in the face from Arcee.

As the Autobots geared up for an offensive to stop the Decepticons' [[Space Bridge]] project, Arcee vowed to avenge Magnus, to Carly's concern. Carly wanted to accompany the Autobots on the venture so she could rescue Cliffjumper, but Arcee, as Carly's [[Iron Intercessor]], said no, vowing to save him in Carly's place. After using Skywarp's teleportation powers to make their way into the Decepticon base and get the drop on Shockwave, a vengeful Arcee held Shockwave at gunpoint, threatening to kill him, only for Optimus to get her to momentarily lay off. This gave Shockwave an opening to punt Arcee aside and take Cliffjumper hostage, and Arcee could only look on as the Constructicons formed Devastator and a traumatized Ultra Magnus deserted them. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 11|Transformers #11}}

After the battle, Arcee lamented to Optimus Prime how her vengefulness had jeopardized the mission, offering to make up for it by finding the still-AWOL Ultra Magnus. Initially, she planned to go alone, but Carly, Spike, and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] soon offered to help with the search. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Eventually, the four detected an energon signature, and made their way towards it. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}} While sailing for the [[San Juan Islands]] on Beachcomber's surfboard, Arcee asked Beachcomber why he refused to fight. Arcee was about to debate the finer points of fighting for one's survival when the surfboard was turned over by an explosion. After pulling Spike and Carly out of the water, Arcee realized Ultra Magnus was firing on them, and persuaded him to stop. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Hold still, you've got a little Aligned on ya.]]
Arcee was part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita 1]]'s team as they made a series of raids on Decepticon bases. Unfortunately, her nemesis [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]'s knowledge of her tactics allowed the Decepticon to put a stop to the team's successful run. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}} At some point, she changed her color scheme from blue to pink. She took part in the defense of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} She and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] encountered a group of Decepticons while hunting for their friends inside the monster. After fending off an attack by Unicron's internal defenses, the pair managed to reunite with their friends and escape before Unicron exploded. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[File:TFLegends-ArceeG1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|There. All better.]]
Arcee was still an active participant in the Autobot/Decepticon war when Ultra Magnus decided to reunite with his unit from the planet Junkion, only to be attacked by the Insecticons. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], Arcee, and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] gave chase. Instead of finding the Skuxxoids, they caught up with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], just as their leader had a vision that the [[Quintesson]]s were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}

Following a Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Arcee, alongside Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Spike, were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]; this did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. This was not to be, unfortunately, as the resurrected Autobot leader left the group stranded after having received the Matrix of leadership from Rodimus. After Optimus regained his senses, the Autobots were left to mourn their leader as he sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}} Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Arcee was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Stella (AB)#As Arcee}}
Arcee appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and through Special Missions. Stella portrays her. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|If you ''have'' any loved ones, say goodbye to them now.]]
Arcee participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots, and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was an Epic character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Combiner Hunters" event and "An Uneventful Night" Space Bridge offer. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:ArceeTransformersEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqbFBWjclo Glad we got posted to the Autobot HQ commander?]]]
Appearances... can be deceptive. Quick-witted and formidable in battle, Arcee is compassionate to her allies but utterly ruthless to her enemies. Streamlined bodywork and light alloy construction only mean she's faster, more agile, and ultimately deadlier than most of her fellow Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arcee Bio}}

Arcee had been dispatched on a mission by Optimus Prime but ran into trouble when [[Nightbird (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Nightbird]] caught up to her. The two have been crossing paths routinely as Nightbird tries to put an end to Arcee's do-good acts. However, as the battle on Earth heats up, Optimus sent a signal for Arcee to return to the Autobots.
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*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Arcee uses an ion pistol to blast things. Once she does, she closes in and punches/kicks the target.
*'''Ability: Holo Decoy''' - Deploys a decoy that will soak up damage. It cannot damage targets, but it can stun them.
**'''Cost''' 3 ability points. +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:arcee Arcee at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Arcee TFO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Arcee-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Boom. Bodyshot that counts as a Headshot.]]
Arcee was one of the Autobots pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|her universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s. Because of illusions created by the Quintessons, she mistook [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] as well as the others to kidnap [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. She eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of her running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOArcee.jpg|thumb|left]]
Arcee took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. 800 Armor, 800 Blaster Strength, Score x6, Coins x3, Blaster Speed: Very Fast {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
[[File:Arcee_warrior_sentinel_core_rulebook_ttrpg.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]

Although Arcee was a ferocious melee fighter and a proficient sharpshooter, she was also a caring and compassionate individual who enjoyed defending the downtrodden. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} At some point, Arcee entered into a romantic relationship with [[Greenlight]] and worked to train a new generation of Autobot resistance fighters that included [[Gauge]]. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game#Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle|Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle}}

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===''Overwatch 2''===
[[File:OW2 Arcee.jpg|right|thumb|You see this orb? That's the unbridled power of the sun.]]
After catching wind of Megatron's pact to share his power with the revolutionary Omnic [[Ramattra]], Optimus Prime gathered Bumblebee and Arcee together to even the playing field by sharing their power with some of Earth's heroes. {{storylink|Transmission}} Arcee later chose to share her power with the heroic [[wikia:overwatch:Illari|Illari]]. {{storylink|Overwatch 2}}

==Toys==
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==Notes==
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{{quote|And they were absolutely resistant to Arcee. I said I had a daughter who loves this stuff. There are other girls that like it. Put in a female Autobot!|[[Ron Friedman]],<ref>[http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/ Interview with Todd Mathy]</ref>}}

*As quoted above, [[Ron Friedman]] fought for Arcee's inclusion in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' because his daughter was a fan of that type of cartoon. From the known production timelines, we know [[The Transformers: The Movie#Production timeline|she was created]] about [[The Search for Alpha Trion#Production information|ten months]] before the [[Female Autobots]] were created for the show.
* In the original treatment, Arcee was going to have to put up with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] being sexist and underrating her skills... unaware she's saving his life in the background!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Wheeljack and Arcee have a bickering relationship throughout the draft, the misogynistic Wheeljack constantly underrating her skills, oblivious to the fact she's constantly averting disaster and saving his life in the background. (4/22) https://t.co/WuFAcXwMQI|link=https://twitter.com/chrismcfeely/status/1561079546836910081|name=Chris McFeely|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=08|day=20|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*Arcee had two different [[character model]]s in 1980s ''Transformers'' media. An earlier model served as the [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|basis for her original unproduced toy]], which was also the model used for most of her Marvel Comics appearances and parts of the episode "[[Only Human]]." Meanwhile, her appearances in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the rest of her season 3 appearances, and her Japanese ''Headmasters'' appearances used her final model.
*Arcee's finalized character model was used to make many background female characters during the movie and season 3. Various Junkion ladies and the [[Paradron Medic]]s share her design, only without the shoulder-thingies, and a [[Cheesecake robot|more "shaped" version of her earlier model]] appeared in "[[Starscream's Ghost]]."
*When asked about Arcee's design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "Arcee is the naked mechanical equivalent of Princess Leia of ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> Well, that answers that question... while raising a whole bunch of others!
*In 2010, a set of Arcee's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to her final model and her original toy prototype, this early color model depicted her almost exclusively in shades of pink, save for some lavender on her collar, anklets, and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seats.
*[[Men in Black|Men in Black Collectibles]], the organizers of [[BotCon 1996]], attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" Arcee figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Hasbro/Takara Action Master Arcee conceived a few years earlier.
*In 2000, Japanese publisher Kodansha released "The Official Guide to Takara SF Land", a book paying tribute to various sci-fi toylines produced by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] over the years. As part of a tie-in [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] promotion, Takara released a special redeco of the ''[[Microman|Replica Microman]]'' "Lady Command" figure (itself a reissue of a 1977 toy) in white and gold chrome named [[Microman#Arcee|Arcee]]. Whether or not she represents "our" Arcee is unknown, though the name was likely chosen in homage to the shared history of ''Transformers'' and ''Microman'', as well as due to it beginning with an "A", like the regular Lady Command figures (Ann, Alice, Annie, and Ai). Only five Arcees were produced.
*Arcee has the most romantic attachments of any ''Transformers'' character: Hot Rod in the movie, Marvel Comics, the Big Looker Storybooks, and Dreamwave continuities, Springer after the movie, Chromedome (and possibly Rodimus Prime) in ''The Headmasters'', Bumblebee in [[Devil's Due Press|Devil's Due]] continuity, [[Aileron]] in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], and [[Greenlight]] in both the [[2019 IDW continuity]] and the [[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron|''My Little Pony/Transformers'' crossover miniseries]]. Then there's the weird affection shown toward Daniel in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", but most fans won't read too much into it for their sanity.
[[File:Arcee-Revuelto-Comparison.jpg|thumb|310px|'''Sideswipe and Sunstreaker''': "NOOOO, you can't just steal the alternate-mode that's been our recurring trademark vehicle for almost 40 years!" '''Arcee''': "Haha, italian car goes vroom, vroom..."]]
*In [[2017]], Arcee was a candidate in the ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Fan polls|fan poll]] for the next bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in ''Transformers'' lore. Although [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Primal]] was the ultimate victor, Hasbro created preliminary design sketches and “Evolution” mode names for all the candidates. When asked at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, Design Manager [[John Warden]] could not remember what Arcee's name was but suggested that it was something along the lines of '''Arcana Magnus'''.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2018/07/new-info-about-war-for-cybertron-and-more-from-the-hasbro-preview-breakfast/ New Info About War For Cybertron and More from the Hasbro Preview Breakfast]</ref>
*The [[#Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime incarnation]] of Arcee as a transgender Cybertronian had been worked on for a long time; with [[Rachel Stevens]]'s assistance with the language, as well as [[Jim Sorenson]]'s ensuring it got published.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/129168-out-of-printhard-to-find-media-mega-thread/page-9#entry3440904 Post by Verity Carlo on the Allspark Forums, 2017/02/12]</ref>
*Arcee's [[:File:Synergy-Coralus-Arcee.jpg|2019 IDW comic design]] by [[Umi Miyao]] first appeared in the [[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase|''Synergy'' anthology]].
*Alex Milne based [[:File:TF-vs-Terminator-Arcee-Character-Art.jpg|Arcee's design]] in ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' on a {{w|Ford Mustang (third generation)|1983 Ford Mustang}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So I've seen a preview of TF vs Terminator #3 floating around the web, so I figure it's ok to post this since she appears in the preview. Here is my design for Arcee. She is based on a 1983 Ford Mustang. #IDWPublishing #Transformers #Terminator #Arcee https://t.co/MMiHJmSc5M|link=https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1293310158622392322|name=Alex Milne|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=08|day=11|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*When developing Arcee's role in [[Skybound Entertainment|Skybound]]'s [[Energon Universe]] series, [[Daniel Warren Johnson]] initially wanted Arcee to transform into a helicopter. However, Hasbro said no, and she instead wound up as a generic sports car based on the {{w|Lamborghini Revuelto}}.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gf3prR5PK0|site=YouTube|title=Triple Takeover interview with Daniel Warren Johnson|name=Daniel Warren Johnson|month=06|day=10|year=2024}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''French:'' '''Arcie''' (Canada), '''Archère''' (France, ''Dark Awakening'', "Female archer")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Arszi''', '''Arcee''', '''RC''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Saturnia''' (''The Headmasters'' and second dub of ''The Movie'')
*''Korean:'' '''Arcee''' (알시 ''Alsi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yǎxī''' (Taiwan, 雅希), '''Arcee''' (China, 阿尔茜 ''Āěrxī'')
*''Russian:'' '''Arcee''' (Арси ''Arsi'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Silvia''' (America ''The Headmasters'')

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Alexis Thi Dang

2025-09-09T02:01:21Z

Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ redo of Mandarin name add

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:''Alexis is a [[human]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Armada Alexis character model.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And once I'm elected, I'll legalize everything! Bar anything illegal.]]
'''Alexis Thi Dang''' wants to be [[President of the United States|President]] when she grows up. Why does she think she's qualified? Running the free world has got to be less troublesome than keeping her friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]] from killing themselves every day. Despite her egotistical attitude, she remains committed to helping the [[Autobot]]s with their mission to protect the [[Mini-Con]]s, exemplified by her partnership with the Mini-Con [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]. She also tries to see the good in people, even [[Starscream (Armada)|those]] for whom that goodness seems impossible at first glance.

{{bigquote|Once I become President, I'll change all that; you'll see! I'll put an end to the misuse of public property, and then I'll work on saving the environment, and I'll end world hunger!|Alexis|"[[Underground (episode)|Underground]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tabitha St. Germain]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Anke Kortemeier]] (German), [[Mia Kihl]] (Swedish), [[Elodie Ben]] (French), [[Rebeca Aponte]] (Spanish - Latin America), [[Belén Rodríguez]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Domitilla D'Amico]] (Italian), [[Jenni Laakso]] (Finnish), [[Ana Paula Martins]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Cha Myeong-hwa]] (Korean)}}

[[File:ArmadaAlexis.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Get used to this, girlfriend.]]
One day, [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] invited Alexis to go exploring the caverns deep beneath [[Cosmoscope Research Center]] with them. Alexis turned them down, saying she needed to study for a math test. In her absence, Rad and Carlos found the remains of a wrecked spaceship as well as a [[Mini-Con storage panel]]. By activating it, they caused the entire structure to shake.

Alexis felt the tremors at home and used her computer to pinpoint the apparent earthquake's epicenter as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Lincoln, including Alexis's computer, as well as emitting three distinctly colored distress signals beams into the sky.

One beam, green, reached an [[Exodus (Armada)|ancient starship wreck]] on the dark side of the moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the [[Earth]]. The two remaining signal beams, colored red and purple, continued deep into space until it reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Alexis elected to go out and check up on the two boys and came upon them just in time to see a huge glowing purple sphere of pulsating energy solidify into a huge robot. This being was [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], supreme leader of the evil [[Decepticon]]s. As he tried to take the object that Rad found, which had now revealed itself to be [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], a sought-after [[Mini-Con]], suddenly another massive robot ordered Megatron to stand down. He was [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], leader of the heroic [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire but were stopped by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]'s arrival. Demolishor tried to grab the kids, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s arrival saved them. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. Rad was sure they'd be safe there, but Alexis was concerned that the bigger robots might still follow them. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis' further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there. He accessed the ship's computer, and the kids learned about the Transformer conflict.

At this point, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], who bonded to Carlos and Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis declared she trusted the giant Autobot, the boys acknowledged they did so as well.

Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his [[trailer]] to fight him off. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but Hot Shot shielded them. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, though Cyclonus stole two of those. The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions.

The next day at school, [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] grilled the trio over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there were an earthquake, the news would have mentioned it. When Billy asked where Rad got his new bike, Rad claimed it was a birthday present from his grandmother. He and Carlos headed on up to the mountain; on the way, Alexis chewed them out for almost blowing their cover.

At the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime presented them with [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to aid them with their reconnaissance work; right then, another Mini-Con was detected {{storylink|Base}} in the [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. The kids ran out with the Autobots and got spiffy new adventure suits on the way.

When they got to the canyon, Alexis and Hot Shot sped off, forgetting Rad behind. They came back, though, Alexis explaining she had gotten lost in a moment of exhilaration. Hot Shot then sped off as fast as he could over the rough terrain, severely shaking up the two humans. Rad sent Laserbeak off to find the Mini-Con and was himself chided by Alexis for being a coward.

[[File:Comrade Autobotuniforms.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|My suit guaranteed wedgie-free]]
When the Mini-Con was finally found, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream simultaneously tried to claim it. Thankfully, High Wire, Grindor, and Sureshock combined into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], and managed to hold off both Megatron and Starscream. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con—who turned out to be his old partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]—and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot from where he'd gotten himself buried. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. The kids then went to find a new Mini-Con in [[Antarctica]], where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Red Alert ended up having to save all three kids after Carlos nearly fell into a crevice. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

Rad later came up with the sensible notion of bringing some camping supplies to the Autobot base if they ever had to stay the night. Though Alexis and Carlos taunted him over how many rations he elected to bring, they helped him set up nonetheless. Then, another Mini-Con was detected, and so the good guys all warped over to a forest. There, Alexis helped Rad educate the Autobots on the importance of keeping the environment as-is.

During this mission, the Decepticons started a forest fire. Alexis helped herd the forest animals to a safer area and afterward aided in dousing the inferno. Unfortunately, with their forces divided to both fight the Decepticons and the forest fire, the Autobots failed to stop their enemies from making off with [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]]. Optimus Prime assured the children they had been right about prioritizing the forest, though. {{storylink|Jungle}}

Back at the base, the kids tried to wake up the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica, but to no avail. The boys then snuck off to a carnival with the Mini-Cons. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into a slapstick farce.

[[File:Palace-Security Eyes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Oh, god, it's the fanbase!]]
They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Alexis had Rad and Carlos clean up their quarters back at the base. {{storylink|Carnival}} The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] and fell into a sandpit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where ancient guardian robots attacked them, but fortunately, Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; but fell into a trap trying to get to it. Perceptor was able to rescue them, and Hot Shot brought the whole group back to the surface. Unfortunately, as this was happening, Demolishor got the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Palace}}

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the other three kids to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them. Cyclonus didn't get any of the Autobots' allies, so he captured Billy and Fred instead, intending to hold them for ransom. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all the Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the children's lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron naturally reneged on the deal. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

Alexis, Rad, and Carlos watched Red Alert and Hot Shot fixing up some computer systems when another Mini-Con was detected. The signal pointed the Autobots to a disused subway system, and Alexis helped search the tunnels in areas the larger Autobots couldn't reach. During the search, Alexis became frustrated over the condition of the tunnels they were in and went on a rant on how she would stop the misappropriations of public funds once she became president. She swore to save the environment and end world hunger too! For the moment, though, she had to settle with helping rescue the Mini-Con. Once the children had gotten ahold of the panel, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] crossed their path, and they mistook him for a Decepticon. Trying to escape him, they encountered the real Decepticon. Smokescreen revealed his true colors just in time to rescue Alexis and the others from being crushed under a pile of rubble. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}}

After that, the Autobots received a transmission from [[Atlantis]], and the team searched for yet another Mini-Con. At the bottom of the ocean, they once more came under attack from the Decepticons. Alexis, Carlos, and Rad explored the ruins while the Transformers fought outside. All the while, Alexis was also astounded by the boys' obsession with a [[Amphitrite|holographic girl]]. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilization who wielded the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Leader-1 managed to grab hold of it, though removing the panel caused the city to begin collapsing. The kids were forced to flee with the Autobots to escape drowning on the ocean bottom. {{storylink|Ruin}} Afterwards, Alexis noted that Rad was feeling troubled. When she pressed him, Rad admitted to Optimus that he had begun to feel ill-at-ease with the Mini-Cons being used by the Autobots in their war. The Autobot team was then called away to fight for another Mini-Con panel on a volcanic island. While the robots were fighting, Alexis was gung-ho to search for the panel, but Rad suggested using Laserbeak instead. After the kids barely avoided being cooked by a volcanic eruption, the Autobots managed to acquire the island's Mini-Con panel. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but they were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. To make matters worse, Alexis and the other kids were nearly taken by Cyclonus. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

The next day, Alexis and Sureshock went out shopping for groceries. Both Red Alert and Rad chided Alexis for bringing her Mini-Con out in public, but Alexis had taken care to disguise her in some winter clothes. She dismissed their concerns and instead turned the conversation to Carlos's habit of raiding their fridge at night. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

When Alexis tracked down the next Mini-Con, the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Alexis rode in Red Alert. She was left behind alongside Grindor, Sureshock, and High Wire when things started to get heated. Alexis joined up with the other kids as [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] joined the fray, claiming to be an Autobot drifter. Thanks to his help, the Autobots acquired [[Spiral]]. Nonetheless, Alexis had misgivings about the new arrival. Back at the base, she and Rad discussed their suspicions but decided not to raise their misgivings with Optimus just in case their first impressions were false. {{storylink|Gale}}

When Hot Shot and Sideways were warped to the Decepticons' base, Alexis worried whether they would return safely. Some of the other kids were certain that while the Star Saber was in his possession, Hot Shot could handle anything the evil robots could throw at him. This turned out to be false; Alexis witnessed Hot Shot return to Autobot headquarters barely alive, minus his sword and partner; Sideways had betrayed the Autobots! {{storylink|Credulous}}

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With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also helped the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, and managed to find it at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. However, soon after, Scavenger came over to the Autobots and revealed he had been a double agent all along. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

In the aftermath of Sideways's betrayal, the trio wasn't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by still detecting another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off somewhere with a lot of snow while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own [[death]], so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologized to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

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. When Red Alert and Carlos were caught in a mudslide, Sureshock and Alexis coordinated Autobot activities from the 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. {{storylink|Vacation}}

All five kids observed the battle in which [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism. Nonetheless, Alexis proclaimed that she was "a fan of his attitude." When his and Hot Shot's attitudes led to the Decepticons getting their servos on [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], Alexis and Rad gave Hot Shot a talking down for letting his competitiveness get the better of him. The loss did also cause Blurr to mellow out, however, and the kids were glad to see that Hot Shot and Blurr formed a friendship later that evening. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

The next day, Blurr and Hot Shot trained together while the kids watched. They also congratulated Smokescreen for succeeding in a test where Hot Shot failed, even though Hot Shot only failed because he competed with Blurr while trying to dodge the obstacles.

This session was interrupted when Megatron challenged all the Autobots to a final, decisive battle. Due to the danger, the kids were left at the base to watch the proceedings from afar. Megatron would have won if Optimus Prime hadn't managed to get his hands on the Skyboom Shield, and when the Star Saber was used against the shield, a mighty light was released, which Rad and Alexis recognized as the same one that they had seen when Rad awoke High Wire. This light streaked off into space to awaken [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Despite this victory, Optimus Prime decided the situation was too dangerous for the kids and barred them from the base. Frustrated, they wandered off but were soon joined by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], who had received a transmission from the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons on the Moon. While Rad and Fred went to tell Optimus Prime, the rest of the kids and the Mini-Cons headed to the location where the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons were supposed to warp in. However, the transmission turned out to be a trap orchestrated by Megatron, seeking to divide and conquer. Rad, Fred, and four of the Autobots were teleported to various locations worldwide, leaving Alexis, Carlos, and Billy behind. Finding herself unable to contact Laserbeak, Alexis hurried back to the base to tell Red Alert and Scavenger about the situation. She then tried to re-establish contact with Laserbeak, which she did, just as Optimus Prime was persuading Megatron's Mini-Cons to convert to the Autobots' side. She was able to get all the rest of the Autobots to Prime's location, where they successfully drove off Megatron. {{storylink|Vow}}

After that adventure, the kids were allowed back into the base, though no longer on missions. Alexis got stroppy when Carlos complained about boredom, while Rad tried to keep the two from murdering each other. Despite not being at the front of the action, the war would still impinge on their lives when Sideways hacked the Autobots' computer system. Despite Rad and Alexis' best efforts, Sideways's virus quickly took control of the base and projected himself into it. The trio, faced with no other options, resorted to physically smashing the terminals, which granted them a brief reprieve.

However, this relief proved to be short-lived when Sideways sucked the kids' minds and their partner Mini-Cons into a cyberspace landscape of his devising. Rad and Carlos enjoyed the lack of gravity in this new realm for a while before Sideways's digital avatar appeared to them and tried to claim their Mini-Cons.

Back at the base, Billy and Fred tried to wake the trio up. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, the kids and Mini-Cons fled Sideways and discovered that all they saw was just an elaborate illusion. Sideways managed to capture Sureshock, but then Alexis realized that since he had gone to so much effort, he wasn't in control of this illusion - and also that he couldn't harm them.

[[File:Screenshot-arm-24-1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Ever had one of those days were you felt so...negative?]]
At this, Sideways panicked and made a desperate bid to take the Mini-Cons, but the kids' lack of belief in the world they saw put paid to that plan. At that point, a massive force of evil manifested in cyberspace - Unicron, the one entity Sideways feared! The kids fled back to the meatspace through a portal opened by Red Alert, leaving Sideways to his master's mercies. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

When Fred tried to tell the others about strange lights seen recently in space, Alexis was the only one who seemed concerned. All the kids expressed relief when Sideways appeared on the battlefield during the next Mini-Con related skirmish, which meant he couldn't hack their system again. The Autobots won this battle, bringing [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] into the fold, and the kids were all there to welcome him when they took him back to base. {{storylink|Tactician}}

In a subsequent battle, Optimus Prime was seriously injured, forcing Jetfire to take command. None of the kids were impressed by the new guy's constant boasting. They also got a brief history lesson on battles the Autobots had lost due to Thrust's tactical genius; while Carlos was confident that Jetfire could easily counter Thrust, the others weren't so sure.

As it turned out, the kids were right about Jetfire, as his overconfidence nearly led to the Autobots being wiped out after he got himself caught in another of Thrust's ambushes. To his credit, Jetfire was contrite, saying he had learned his lesson and would be more cautious in the future. {{storylink|Linkup}}

The next day, the kids watched Jetfire and Smokescreen arm-wrestling, and Alexis confused Carlos by cheering for both. They also filled in Jetfire on who Sideways was and what he had previously done. Jetfire then displayed his cunning side by showing the kids a still of Sideways shooting down Cyclonus after Sideways had defected, which cast doubt on the turncoat's allegiance to the Decepticons. The kids tried to figure out what Sideways's deal was while the Autobots went to obtain yet another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Detection}}

While the Autobots were dealing with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], two Mini-Cons were detected in addition to the one the Transformers were at the time explicitly fighting over. Alexis was confused by the location data, but after some analysis, she discovered that it was pointing at the Moon. At that point, Sideways mockingly congratulated her on her ingenuity and explained that these three Mini-Cons would unite to form the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]].

Meanwhile, the boys found the other Mini-Con, [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], in the caves around the base. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Alexis continued to coordinate the Autobots from the base. At the same time, Red Alert took Sky Blast, Carlos, and Rad to the battlefield in a bid to complete the Requiem Blaster. Their gamble eventually paid off: Sky Blast awoke both [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] on the beach and [[Astroscope]] on the moon and the three Mini-Cons combined. Optimus Prime obtained the Requiem Blaster and used it to force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Desperate}}

In light of this, the kids became concerned about the Mini-Cons' rights and took the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out to a remote farmhouse where they could be safe. Thrust tracked them down, but he got caught in a set of traps the kids had rigged up, which stalled the Decepticon long enough for Optimus to come and save the day. After a passionate discussion of why the Mini-Cons should not be viewed as mere weapons, the kids and Mini-Cons both returned to base. {{storylink|Runaway}}

All the kids were present when [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] came to Earth and rather enthusiastically begged to fight alongside Blurr. The kids weren't impressed, so Billy and Fred went off to play a video game. Alexis berated them for wasting time and resources, and, ''purely'' in the interest of demonstrating how silly their game was, decided to play against them. {{storylink|Past}} Naturally enough, she turned out to be the best of the lot. {{storylink|Past II}}

Later, the kids stayed at the base with Red Alert when the Autobots went out to counter a Decepticon attack. However, this attack proved to be nothing more than a distraction posed by Starscream, while the rest of the 'Cons attacked the Autobot base in search of the Requiem Blaster. The kids ran for hiding before the Autobots warped back, and bore witness to Megatron obtaining the Blaster and using it on Smokescreen, apparently killing him. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Smokescreen clung to life, if only barely, and Red Alert went to task fixing him. As they watched, the children were given a brief lesson in Cybertronian anatomy, specifically on what a [[Spark]] was. Afterward, Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots. Though most of the kids were initially suspicious, Alexis was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. All the kids eventually welcomed him when they saw his attendant Mini-Cons genuinely looked up to him. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} Alexis took a particular shine to him, but Starscream dismissed her and the other human children, as he was only concerned with defeating [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. The kids' favorable opinion of Starscream was further cemented when they watched him aid the Autobots to rescue the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons from the enemy's moonbase. {{storylink|Rescue}} Later, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when he and Jetfire traveled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in search of a Mini-Con panel. Despite his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts, in particular Alexis. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} Alexis fashioned a pendant from this, which had a mysterious connection to Starscream's [[spark]].

[[File:Chamois WHY.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|How dare you? Do you have any idea how much of my sweat and blood went into that thing?]]
In return for his kindness, the kids threw Starscream a surprise party, sewing a large [[Chamois of Friendship]] out of several smaller rags. This gesture touched Starscream, but he unfortunately still had trouble adjusting to life with the Autobots. Rad, Alexis, and Carlos later took the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] out for a walk, inadvertently leading to Starscream being accused of stealing the Skyboom Shield for the Decepticons. Though the kids explained themselves to Hot Shot, the damage had been done, and Starscream abandoned both his gift and the Autobots when [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] duped him into returning to the Decepticons, ostensibly to destroy Megatron. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} In the aftermath, Alexis and Rad tried to calm the more visibly enraged Billy and Carlos, and then they all went to their respective homes, where Alexis clutched her pendant and thought about Starscream.

The next day, all the kids returned to the base to discover the Autobots and their allied Mini-Cons working quickly to complete the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' to retrieve the Decepticons' Mini-Cons. The kids discussed Starscream a bit and decided never to speak of him again; Alexis was visibly upset but tried to hide it. At Fred's suggestion, they all went to see a comet to take their minds off things. Alexis, still upset over Starscream, told Rad she was going home as the others watched the skies. Walking alongside her, Rad tried to convince Alexis to stay with her friends. Then, the comet was destroyed by the Decepticons' newly completed [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}} Rad and Alexis raced back to their friends, and all the kids just kind of stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Crisis kids standing around.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey, it's a Christian Rock album]]
As it turned out, the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime's noble sacrifice]] thwarted the Decepticons. The kids all suffered heartfelt grief.

Over the next week, the Autobots busied themselves with completing the ''Axalon'', but Hot Shot and Scavenger soon came to blows. The kids were confused by this and watched from afar as the two fought on an abandoned highway. When the rest of the Autobots joined in abusing Hot Shot, the kids tried to persuade them that bullying their youngest member wouldn't help anything but were overruled by Red Alert, who insisted that they had to get this out of their system. It turned out Scavenger was trying to snap Hot Shot out of his depression. In due course, Hot Shot did come to terms with Optimus Prime's death, and everybody's morale was reinvigorated; it was raised so much so that Hot Shot was chosen as the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Under Hot Shot's understandably unsteady command, the ''Axalon'' was soon completed and preparations made to depart for Cybertron. The kids were looking forward to seeing another planet and so were naturally miffed when Hot Shot told them that he was leaving them on Earth where it was safe. All the kids glumly returned home, but ever hopeful, Alexis packed her bags anyway and, along with Rad and Carlos, headed for the Autobot base the next morning.

When they arrived, Hot Shot once again insisted that it was too dangerous for them to come along. Upon hearing this, the Mini-Cons collectively rebelled and blocked all the ship's systems, refusing to budge until the kids were allowed on. Hot Shot relented, and the kids and Autobots blasted off into space. Alexis saw fit to only inform her parents about her departure via e-mail at the last possible moment. {{storylink|Depart}}

During the journey, the kids witnessed the arrival of thousands of new Mini-Cons and Optimus's rebirth, {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}} the conflict with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and the Mini-Con powered [[spontaneous recoloration|recoloration]] of several Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Following a confrontation with the Decepticons, the Autobots arrived on Cybertron, only to find Galvatron had already conquered it. The Street Action Mini-Cons jumped out of their airlock to form a glowing green shield, which Alexis realized was to protect against Unicron. The Mini-Cons did return but soon tried to sneak down to Cybertron's surface. Though Carlos feared for their safety, Alexis and Rad favored letting them go down to the surface, as the little ones had a right to walk around on their home planet. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} With the Mini-Cons gone, the kids were left with nothing much to do but watch the lights of battle on the surface. They did try to stop Hot Shot from making a one-robot mission to the heart of the Decepticon stronghold to warn Galvatron about the impending threat of Unicron. Still, then Rad persuaded everyone to let him go ahead with it. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

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They later received a message that Thrust had stolen the Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster and was at that moment speeding towards the center of Cybertron, being pursued by Starscream, Hot Shot, and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. The trio teamed up with their partner Mini-Cons and joined in the chase, catching up to Starscream just as he confronted Thrust. Alexis called out Starscream's name, so Thrust decided to distract Starscream by shooting the humans with the Blaster. Starscream, remembering the kindness they had shown him when he defected, bravely leaped into the path of the Blaster, dying to save the kids.

Time got warped at that point, and the kids found themselves millions of years in the past, in an [[Splinter timeline|alternate timeline]]. They encountered Hot Shot, being trapped by semi-organic growth; Hot Shot revealed that Unicron had created the Mini-Cons, and the Transformers' use of them had led to the downfall of the entire race.

With that happy thought, the kids were sent back even further in time, where they witnessed the first Mini-Cons being spawned. Among these were High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor. The kids' encounter with the Mini-Cons granted them with a burgeoning free will.

Finally, the kids were warped back to a few seconds before Thrust killed Starscream, allowing the Mini-Cons to combine into Perceptor and knock Thrust's aim off. Thrust's blast was redirected, saving Starscream. The ceiling then collapsed, but Starscream used his own body to shield the kids while Thrust flew off. At that point, Hot Shot and Wheeljack arrived. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} The kids explained the situation and the fact that Starscream had saved them. Hot Shot ordered them to return to the ''Axalon'', but the kids managed to persuade him to let them tag along. The kids and bots sped along behind Starscream, following him through a portal to an organic-looking area where Thrust and Sideways were waiting; Alexis put on her necklace at this point. While the Transformers dealt with Unicron's minions and the various parasites and tentacles, the kids tried to rouse the Mini-Cons that made up the weapons in Thrust's possession from their dormant state. They were unsuccessful. The team was forced to flee, and the various organic... things soon separated Alexis and Starscream from the rest of the group. Starscream flew Alexis to safety, but she dropped her necklace en route. Rather than leave it to escape, she jumped from Starscream's shoulder to retrieve it. Starscream had to turn around and transform to save her.

[[File:Portent Alexis charm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Alexis's Good Luck Necklace doesn't contain enough luck to match her outfit.]]
They made it back to the surface, after which they realized the portal they had gone through had taken them to the interior of Cybertron's moon. Then, the ground began to crumble, revealing that the moon was concealing Unicron's body! Jetfire arrived and took the kids to safety back on Cybertron. As Autobots and Decepticons went their separate ways, Alexis begged Starscream to stay. Though he considered it, Starscream realized he'd just end up betraying her again and left. {{storylink|Portent}}

Starscream later interrupted a rather aggressive negotiation between Optimus Prime and Megatron, battling his old commander to prove that Unicron's threat was genuine. During the battle, Starscream decided to de-energize his sword and let Galvatron run him through. When Starscream died, [[Good Luck Necklace|Alexis's pendant]] cracked; instinctively, Alexis knew this indicated that something had just gone horribly wrong. Her intuition was proved correct when Optimus informed the kids of Starscream's demise; Alexis was overcome with grief and consoled by Rad. {{storylink|Cramp}} Still, she was able to attend the meeting at which the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to suspend hostilities until the defeat of Unicron. Though sad that Starscream wasn't there, she was glad he had achieved his goal of temporarily uniting the factions. {{storylink|Alliance}}

[[File:Cramp-AlexismournsStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"They told me mullets were making a comeback. They lied!"]]
When Optimus Prime and Galvatron managed to sneak inside Unicron, the Street Action Mini-Cons decided to infiltrate the titan's body as well. The children and Red Alert tagged along, barely avoiding getting crushed and getting through the warp gate that led to Unicron's interiors. {{storylink|Union}} Red Alert was left behind, but the rest of the group soldiered forth. They found the two leaders restrained by Unicron's tentacles, with Unicron trying to break Optimus Prime through Sideways's vocal synthesizer verbally. Unicron destroyed the Mini-Cons' human-derived personalities, restoring them to blank drones, and then dragged the kids into a bizarre mindscape. However, the kids' mental fortitude was strong enough to not only break Unicron's thrall over the Mini-Cons but also to restore their personalities. The kids and Mini-Cons then managed to release the weapons, allowing Optimus Prime to blow up Sideways with the Requiem Blaster.

However, Galvatron challenged Optimus Prime to a final battle on the way out, {{storylink|Origin}} because as long as both of them still existed, the hatred and enmity would last forever. Thus Unicron would never be permanently defeated. The kids fled and were picked up by Jetfire and Cyclonus on Unicron's surface. Optimus Prime won the battle, and Unicron and Galvatron were both (apparently) destroyed.

Hot Shot and Jetfire returned the kids to Earth, where they said tearful (but temporary) goodbyes. Alexis pondered her pendant, wistfully remembering Starscream. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
Alexis and Rad stared up in horror as the Decepticons unleashed the might of the Hydra Cannon towards the Earth. Though there was little they could do to stop the incoming desolation, Optimus thankfully sacrificed himself to prevent Earth's destruction. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

====''Legends'' comic====
While at the beach with her friends, {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} a young Alexis was transported into the [[Legends World]] by [[Alpha Trion]], who knew of her connection with Starscream and hoped she could stop the resurrected Decepticon from causing tragedy by sacrificing himself again. As her appearance reawakened Starscream's lost memories, Alexis gently told him he'd "gotten lost" in this other universe and brought him home to their dimension. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} With Starscream seemingly returned to death, Alexis reminisced about him on the beach. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

An older Alexis, from her diplomat days, was one of the many women brought to the Legends World by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It didn't work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tabitha St. Germain]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Mia Kihl]] (Swedish), [[Victoire Theismann]] (French), [[Rebeca Aponte]] (Spanish - Latin America), [[Carmen Podio]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Domitilla D'Amico]] (Italian), [[Izabella Bukowska]] (Polish), [[Karolina Blom]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:EnergonTVAlexis.jpg|left|thumb|Saturn Queen.]]
Soon after Unicron's defeat and the reunification of the Cybertronians under the Autobot flag, Dr. [[Brian Jones]] traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]. He also brought along Rad, Alexis, and Carlos to the alien planet. {{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}} Years afterward, Alexis traveled to Cybertron as part of the human delegation. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Ten years later, she worked as a diplomat on behalf of the [[Earth Federation]], usually as a liaison between Earth's nations and the Cybertronian Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Alexis traveled to [[Ocean City]] to tell the human crew and their Cybertronian allies about the Federation's decision to declare a neutral position in the latest Transformers conflict. While Alexis now represented the interests of Earth, she still had faith in Optimus Prime. She trusted his decisions in the Energon war, just as she trusted him during the [[Unicron Battles]]. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

After the Battle of the Asteroid Belt, Alexis traveled to [[Ocean City]] to discuss the creation of a global [[energon grid (technology)|energon grid]] to protect Earth from Alpha Q-related attacks. She was on hand to greet Dr. Jones, who responded in his usual jovial manner, which involved pushing her space boundaries. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} When construction got underway, she offered to requisition more supplies and human resources, but Dr. Jones reassured her they had quite enough resources to hand. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}}

Shortly after that, she accompanied the Autobots and Earth Federation personnel to [[Jungle City]], where Kicker had received a vision of impending disaster. She and [[Sally Jones|Sally]] were removed from the scene before the fighting began.

As Kicker had predicted, the Decepticons arrived to raid the city. Things went badly for the Autobots, and they were forced to blow it up. Alexis reluctantly supported this move, reasoning that humans had survived the fall of civilizations before, and they would survive this. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Later, with Cybertron in danger, Dr. Jones sent all of Earth's energon to Cybertron. Alexis objected to this because it would leave Earth vulnerable but eventually gave in. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} She then arranged for Jungle City to be rebuilt on top of a newly discovered energon deposit on Earth. {{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{twoimages|File:Alexis cybertron.jpg|File:CybertronArmadaKids.jpg|caption=The seeds of the future lie buried in the past. Or something.}}
Alexis continued in her governmental job. She was the only other person present onstage when the President appointed [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] Earth's ambassador to Cybertron. Subsequently, she, Rad, and Carlos were among the humans who bid farewell to the Autobots as they departed Earth to begin a new [[space bridge]] construction program. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{note|The shot of all three ''Armada'' humans does not occur in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
By [[2030]], Alexis served as the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] under [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President Constanza]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/03}}

====''The AllSpark Almanac''====
The [[multiverse|multiversal]] news source ''[[ALTernity Today]]'' reported that Alexis Thi Dang of [[universal stream]] [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]] won the [[Whig]] Party primary for [[President of the United States]]. She ran on a platform for a stronger alliance between Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[File:Armada3-Alexis.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Alexis rocks the muttonchops.]]
Alexis helped Rad and Carlos with [[Project Supernova (Armada)|Project Supernova]], although she was rather cynical about it achieving flight. While she ran into some problems on launch day, including homework and Rad's insistence on playing secret agent (she was Agent Bubblegum), Alexis helped throw the Project Supernova off a cliff. Her cynicism was turned around when the craft managed to stay airborne, but it soon crashed due to [[Sid (Armada)|outside]] [[Seth|interference]]. Alexis was pissed and about having to go home when Rad fell into a cave and accidentally awakened [[Sparkplug (Armada)|four]] [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|alien robots]], whom he promptly hid in his garage. This didn't serve to improve Alexis's mood any, as she felt the robots could be dangerous and that they should tell people about them. Rad and Carlos eventually calmed her down, which was good as the robots turned out to be nice guys who built them a new Project Supernova. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, while the kids and bots were flying around on their vehicle, they were attacked by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and fled back to the garage, where an angry Alexis demanded an explanation. The robots told the kids that they were [[Mini-Con]]s from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and that Megatron was a [[Decepticon]] out to capture them. Mad that she and her friends had been pulled into another race's war, Alexis began to argue with Rad, but Carlos made them both realize that they had to lure Megatron away from their neighborhood. The kids and Mini-Cons fled to a nearby canyon, where they found [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}}

While Alexis and the others were almost captured and killed by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Autobots and Mini-Cons soon drove the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} Unfortunately, as the kids were playing around in a forest some time later, Optimus Prime visited them, explaining that he couldn't let them get involved with the Transformers' war any longer. Alexis and her friends were subsequently forbidden from hanging out with the Street Action Team. Sparkplug, who was against this, broke order and took the kids with him to rescue some Mini-Cons from the Decepticon base. Their mission was to [[Mini-Con panic-pager|call for help]] if Sparkplug's infiltration team wasn't back within 30 minutes. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} When the team failed to return, Alexis and the others called for help and ended up summoning the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. However, it took some convincing to get them to help Sparkplug. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[File:Armada8-gradesslipping.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Some time between issue 3 and now, she hit puberty.]]
After a day at school, Alexis and her friends were riding around on the Street Action Team and eating burgers when the Mini-Cons suddenly stopped responding to them and sped away for an unknown destination. The kids were unable to get off until they came to a halt, which they did next to a [[Mini-Con Ark|mysterious monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. When the Mini-Cons entered the structure, Rad followed them, and Alexis could only watch as the monolith launched into space with her friend on board. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Optimus Prime explained that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], and Alexis and Carlos couldn't do much other than urge the Autobots to save him. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} While Optimus managed to retrieve a starship to travel to the Moon, he refused to endanger the humans by letting them come as well. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Fortunately, [[simulcrum]] technology allowed them to be on the ship "in spirit," and Alexis was eventually reunited with Rad. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After staying out of the Transformer conflict for a bit, Alexis, Rad, and Carlos learned the Mini-Cons were all returning to Cybertron to fight [[Unicron]]. They said their goodbyes to the Street Action Team, then watched as the Transformers entered a [[space bridge]] and left Earth. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}} Some time after the conflict on Earth had ended, Alexis began to compile a comprehensive database of information on several Transformers. She was unaware that this information (which, in several cases, contradicted actual events) was planted into her mind by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye}}

====''Energon''====
[[File:What Lies Beneath dusty protest.jpg|left|thumb|The first protest she ever participated in was against having to wear the same color every day.]]
In the ten years that followed the Transformers' departure from Earth, Alexis became an activist, traveling worldwide with other like-minded individuals to (violently) protest the misuse of Earth's natural resources.

One such trip found her in [[Australia]], protesting [[Alterenergy]]'s [[Energon|01 Source]] research. Her group's protest was interrupted when the Transformers returned to Earth in the form of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and attacked the Alterenergy excavation site. Alexis was horrified that they were getting dragged into the Transformer war again but ended up rushing straight into it to save a young teenager named [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] from [[Battle Ravage]] by shooting the beast in the face with a flare gun. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} The two tried to escape on a motorcycle but ended up crashing it and getting captured by Battle Ravage, who brought them to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} The Terrorcon leader used Alexis as a hostage, threatening to kill her if Kicker wouldn't help him find 01 Source. Fortunately, Rad, who now worked for Alterenergy, came to her aid... or at least it would've been her aid if Battle Ravage hadn't been guarding her. They escaped thanks to Carlos, who aided them from space by remotely detonating the collected 01 Source, knocking the Terrorcon out. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} After Rad explained to Alexis that 01 Source was Energon—Transformer fuel—and that Kicker could sense it, the two were suddenly reunited with Optimus Prime, who had arrived to fight the Terrorcons. The Autobots subsequently drove the Terrorcons away and rescued Kicker, who was surprised that Rad and Alexis knew each other. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}

As the Autobots officially revealed themselves to the human population, many began to fear an invasion and protested against them. Alexis was in [[Los Angeles]] at the time and reflected alongside Rad on how she would probably be opposing as well if she didn't know any better. Rad wasn't happy to hear this, nor was he happy about her way of life, as her frequent trips around the globe meant she never stuck around. Alexis explained that she had merely grown up and didn't see things in black and white anymore, but the disgruntled Rad just said his goodbyes and left. However, he came back and apologized as Alexis prepared to go in a taxi, which made her feel better. Then Terrorcon [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]] attacked Los Angeles and blew up the cab. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Fortunately, she had gotten out in time and was safe and sound and returned to Rad. As he thought Alexis had died in the explosion, Rad had realized how much she truly meant to him and embraced her and told her never to leave him again. They were both reasonably embarrassed afterward. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Using Rad's truck, they raced away from the Insecticons and to Alterenergy's west coast headquarters. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Upon arrival, Alexis spent some time with Carlos, who explained how Rad planned to use the [[Energon Volant Accumulator]] to aid the Autobots in the fight against the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

{{Unreleased energon comic}}
As the AlterEnergy collaboration grew between Cybertron and Earth, Alexis became involved with the [[United Nations]] in connection with the project. She helped orchestrate a task force to look for Kicker after he went missing. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} Her information helped Rad and his people locate where [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] had taken the boy. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} After being rescued, Kicker said goodbye to Alexis, Rad, and Carlos before joining the fight against Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
When Rad and Carlos went spelunking, Alexis followed them to ensure they didn't get themselves killed. She was shocked to see them emerge from the cave with the alien robot [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], but didn't have much time come to terms with the situation before [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked them and tried to capture the smaller robot. High Wire transformed into a bike and took Alexis and the others to safety, where they met several other robots. [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] explained that they were [[Mini-Con]]s who had ended up on Earth after fleeing from the eternal war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} When the Mini-Cons refused to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], who was getting his aft handed to him by Megatron, Rad decided to do it himself. Alexis protested, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. In the end, Rad taking action caused Megatron to flee and the humans to befriend the Autobots, but Alexis still told him not to let it go to his head. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

After playing with their new friends on the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], Alexis, Rad, and Carlos were tasked with finding the [[locator log]] on board the crashed Mini-Con ship. When they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], Alexis again took on the role of warning Rad against taking stupid risks, only for his crazy ideas to still work. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Going back to her daily life, Alexis later visited the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]] but was followed by Sureshock. After Sureshock's attempts to "help" the observatory crashed their mainframe, Alexis made a run for it and told the story to her friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} When the Autobots decided to send the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron, she figured they had no other choice and told Rad not to get all emotional about it. In the end, the plans fell through, and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Alexis and her friends were racing with the Street Action Team again when they were suddenly attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to steal their Mini-Con friends. While the Street Action Team held the Decepticon back in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], Alexis and the others fetched Optimus Prime to help them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}} Shortly afterward, they met [[Amos Hume]] and helped him save the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
11-years old Alexis was one of the many self-titled "Cosmo Kids" that lived in the community around the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|Cosmo Scope Research Center and Interstellar Observatory]]. She possessed a "powerful handheld computer," which she affectionately nicknamed "Rover," and had a fondness for imitating a TV announcer voice and narrating her friends' adventures as they happened. During an early autumn afternoon, Alexis and her friends Rad and Carlos headed out into the nearby mountains for some trail exploring. Alexis rode her scooter on the trip, which eventually led to a trail none of them had ever seen before. Carlos and Alexis were hesitant to continue down the trail when they spotted some signs indicating it was dangerous, but Rad goaded them on into pushing forward. The path eventually led to a cave, which the kids decided to explore. When the trio found cave paintings within, Alexis initially believed them to be graffiti done by other school kids and was insulted that anyone from the local community would do such a childish thing. The kids soon realized that it wasn't graffiti at all, but ancient cave paintings depicting robots fighting. All of them depicted violence save one, which pictured three robots that Alexis found cute, prompting groans from her male companions. As if prompted by an unknown instinct, Alexis reached out to touch one of the three robots. This action triggered a hidden mechanism within the cave, which revealed real-life versions of the three robots the children had touched in the drawing after some rumbling. Alexis met Sureshock, a Mini-Con who could only be understood by Alexis herself. The children learned about Cybertron and its civil war from their new robot friends. The moment was cut short when Autobots and Decepticons were teleported on-site by a mechanism within the Mini-Cons' ship. Finding themselves in the middle of a vicious battle between mechanical titans, Alexis and her friends thankfully escaped from harm thanks to the Mini-Cons' efforts and the newcomer, Optimus Prime. Learning that Optimus had the best of intentions for both Earth and the Mini-Cons, Alexis promised to keep the Transformers' existence a secret and rode back to town on Sureshock, now reformatted into a high-tech scooter. Meeting with Carlos and Rad the next day at school, the trio dismissed Billy and Fred's insinuations that anything exciting had happened to them the previous day before heading off to class. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

To explain to their parents how they had gotten totally sweet new extreme sports vehicles, Carlos and Alexis agreed to go along with a story that Rad had made up; the three of them had won their new gear in an extreme riding competition. Alexis's parents bought the story, and she took to riding Sureshock to school. The next afternoon, she, Carlos, and Rad readied themselves to visit the Autobots when they encountered Billy and Fred. Their schoolmates were curious about where they had gotten the new vehicles, and the trio knew they wouldn't be fooled by the story they had told their parents. Rad claimed that his dad had bought them the vehicles through some "connections," and they were the next year's model. Carlos and Alexis were quick to affirm his story. Narrowly avoiding exposure, the trio then took off for the Autobots' base. Strangely, they found the cave leading to the headquarters now sealed by a stone door. The Mini-Cons maintained a wireless connection to their vessel, however, and were able to grant themselves access to the base. But once inside, the group found it deserted. They eventually found Optimus and his fellow Autobots, Hot Shot and Red Alert, at a nearby highway, adopting new alternate modes. After brief introductions were made, explosions were heard off in the distance. The Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! Alexis, Carlos, and Rad raced ahead of the Autobots on their Mini-Cons, coming face to face with Megatron. The Decepticon leader halted his assault to demand the children surrender their companions. The Autobots arrived on the scene before Megatron was able to act on his threat, and Alexis and the others hid in some nearby brush to watch the battle unfold.

During the battle, a stray shot from Megatron caused a rockslide to tumble towards the kids and their Mini-Cons. Hot Shot zipped in and rescued them, though the ride within the two-seat sports car was a cramped one for all three kids. As they drove back to Optimus, Alexis noticed four Mini-Con panels sticking out of the rubble. Carlos and Rad helped her dig them out. Two of the panels activated in the Autobots' presence, one of them becoming Red Alert's partner, "Longarm" and the other Hot Shot's partner "Jolt." Red Alert instructed the children to keep the remaining two panels safe, and they hid themselves once more. The Decepticons were soon forced to retreat, but one of them, Cyclonus, lingered long enough to snatch the panels from Alexis and Rad before warping away. The children were torn up about allowing the Mini-Cons to fall into enemy hands, but Optimus assured them they had done everything they could. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
One [[Halloween]] night, Alexis went Trick-or-Treating with Carlos, Rad, and their three [[Mini-Con]]s. Because she was the mature one, she collected donations for [[UNICEF]] instead of candy, though she did dress as a princess. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

After Alexis talked Doctor [[Jessica Theist]] into letting her niece [[Kelly (Armada)|Kelly]] come along an archeological dig, she also lent Kelly a computer. And Laserbeak. And [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] and [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]. It pays to be connected. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
[[File:RTD-Alexis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Rad, Carlos, and Alexis talked Optimus Prime into letting them explore some nearby caves in the hopes of finding other Mini-Cons, claiming that he and Carlos had already explored a few of them in the past. The trio succeeded in finding a crystal but had to be saved by Hot Shot after a surprise Decepticon attack caused a landslide. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

In another adventure, Carlos talked Rad into joining him for a Mini-Con race, to which Alexis invited herself. They foolishly left themselves out in the open, allowing Megatron to attack. Fortunately for them (your mileage may vary), Optimus and Hot Shot were there to save them yet again. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Alexis.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]
While [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] was out shopping for [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], he passed by Alexis, who could only stare in awe. {{Storylink|Bumblebee! The Gentle-Hearted Autobot Warrior}}
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==Notes==
{{Twoimages|File:Alexis midriff.jpg|w1=50|File:Alexis-swimsuit.jpg|w1=50|caption=Alexis's original animation character model and unused swimsuit model.|float=right}}
[[File:AlexisIPVersion.jpg|100px|thumb|Ridin' nerdy.]]
*According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo ''Legends of the Microns'' website, Alexis is 11 years old at the start of ''Armada''. The page also stated she is Asian. As per the liner notes of the second series soundtrack, ''[[The Transformers Legends of the Microns: Sound of Evolution Vol. 2]]'', there were difficulties in coming up with the kids' character designs, as the producers were given three mandated ethnicities: White, Hispanic, and Asian. The notes go on to further confirm Alexis as being Asian ([[Vietnam]]ese American), specifying that she is the daughter of {{w|Vietnamese boat people}}. Her ethnicity is more pronounced on the 2001 Armada IP creative bible's cover. Compared to the relatively unchanged Carlos and Rad, she was heavily redesigned, and why remains unknown.
*''[[Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook]]'' backs up that Alexis is 11 years old when ''Armada'' begins. It also specified that she always got excellent grades and was a computer whiz. (To be in the same 8th-grade class as Rad and Carlos at her age, Alexis must have been smart enough to skip 7th grade.)
*According to [[Aaron Archer]], Alexis is named after the daughter of [[Steve Drucker]].
*Alexis didn't have a surname until the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II]]'' dubbed her "Alexis Thi Dang".
*''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' reveals that Alexis has an unused swimsuit model.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alexandra "Alexa"''' (アレクサンドラ ''Arekusandora'', アレクサ ''Arekusa'')
*''Korean:'' '''Jenna Alexandra''' (제나 알렉산드라 ''Jenna Alleksandeura'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Alexa''' (China, 阿莱克莎 ''Ā láikè shā'')

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Alexis Thi Dang

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:''Alexis is a [[human]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Armada Alexis character model.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And once I'm elected, I'll legalize everything! Bar anything illegal.]]
'''Alexis Thi Dang''' wants to be [[President of the United States|President]] when she grows up. Why does she think she's qualified? Running the free world has got to be less troublesome than keeping her friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]] from killing themselves every day. Despite her egotistical attitude, she remains committed to helping the [[Autobot]]s with their mission to protect the [[Mini-Con]]s, exemplified by her partnership with the Mini-Con [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]. She also tries to see the good in people, even [[Starscream (Armada)|those]] for whom that goodness seems impossible at first glance.

{{bigquote|Once I become President, I'll change all that; you'll see! I'll put an end to the misuse of public property, and then I'll work on saving the environment, and I'll end world hunger!|Alexis|"[[Underground (episode)|Underground]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tabitha St. Germain]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Anke Kortemeier]] (German), [[Mia Kihl]] (Swedish), [[Elodie Ben]] (French), [[Rebeca Aponte]] (Spanish - Latin America), [[Belén Rodríguez]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Domitilla D'Amico]] (Italian), [[Jenni Laakso]] (Finnish), [[Ana Paula Martins]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Cha Myeong-hwa]] (Korean)}}

[[File:ArmadaAlexis.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Get used to this, girlfriend.]]
One day, [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] invited Alexis to go exploring the caverns deep beneath [[Cosmoscope Research Center]] with them. Alexis turned them down, saying she needed to study for a math test. In her absence, Rad and Carlos found the remains of a wrecked spaceship as well as a [[Mini-Con storage panel]]. By activating it, they caused the entire structure to shake.

Alexis felt the tremors at home and used her computer to pinpoint the apparent earthquake's epicenter as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Lincoln, including Alexis's computer, as well as emitting three distinctly colored distress signals beams into the sky.

One beam, green, reached an [[Exodus (Armada)|ancient starship wreck]] on the dark side of the moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the [[Earth]]. The two remaining signal beams, colored red and purple, continued deep into space until it reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Alexis elected to go out and check up on the two boys and came upon them just in time to see a huge glowing purple sphere of pulsating energy solidify into a huge robot. This being was [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], supreme leader of the evil [[Decepticon]]s. As he tried to take the object that Rad found, which had now revealed itself to be [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], a sought-after [[Mini-Con]], suddenly another massive robot ordered Megatron to stand down. He was [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], leader of the heroic [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire but were stopped by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]'s arrival. Demolishor tried to grab the kids, but [[Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s arrival saved them. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. Rad was sure they'd be safe there, but Alexis was concerned that the bigger robots might still follow them. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis' further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there. He accessed the ship's computer, and the kids learned about the Transformer conflict.

At this point, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], who bonded to Carlos and Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis declared she trusted the giant Autobot, the boys acknowledged they did so as well.

Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his [[trailer]] to fight him off. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but Hot Shot shielded them. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, though Cyclonus stole two of those. The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions.

The next day at school, [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] grilled the trio over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there were an earthquake, the news would have mentioned it. When Billy asked where Rad got his new bike, Rad claimed it was a birthday present from his grandmother. He and Carlos headed on up to the mountain; on the way, Alexis chewed them out for almost blowing their cover.

At the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime presented them with [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to aid them with their reconnaissance work; right then, another Mini-Con was detected {{storylink|Base}} in the [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. The kids ran out with the Autobots and got spiffy new adventure suits on the way.

When they got to the canyon, Alexis and Hot Shot sped off, forgetting Rad behind. They came back, though, Alexis explaining she had gotten lost in a moment of exhilaration. Hot Shot then sped off as fast as he could over the rough terrain, severely shaking up the two humans. Rad sent Laserbeak off to find the Mini-Con and was himself chided by Alexis for being a coward.

[[File:Comrade Autobotuniforms.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|My suit guaranteed wedgie-free]]
When the Mini-Con was finally found, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream simultaneously tried to claim it. Thankfully, High Wire, Grindor, and Sureshock combined into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], and managed to hold off both Megatron and Starscream. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con—who turned out to be his old partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]—and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot from where he'd gotten himself buried. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. The kids then went to find a new Mini-Con in [[Antarctica]], where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Red Alert ended up having to save all three kids after Carlos nearly fell into a crevice. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

Rad later came up with the sensible notion of bringing some camping supplies to the Autobot base if they ever had to stay the night. Though Alexis and Carlos taunted him over how many rations he elected to bring, they helped him set up nonetheless. Then, another Mini-Con was detected, and so the good guys all warped over to a forest. There, Alexis helped Rad educate the Autobots on the importance of keeping the environment as-is.

During this mission, the Decepticons started a forest fire. Alexis helped herd the forest animals to a safer area and afterward aided in dousing the inferno. Unfortunately, with their forces divided to both fight the Decepticons and the forest fire, the Autobots failed to stop their enemies from making off with [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]]. Optimus Prime assured the children they had been right about prioritizing the forest, though. {{storylink|Jungle}}

Back at the base, the kids tried to wake up the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica, but to no avail. The boys then snuck off to a carnival with the Mini-Cons. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into a slapstick farce.

[[File:Palace-Security Eyes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Oh, god, it's the fanbase!]]
They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Alexis had Rad and Carlos clean up their quarters back at the base. {{storylink|Carnival}} The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] and fell into a sandpit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where ancient guardian robots attacked them, but fortunately, Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; but fell into a trap trying to get to it. Perceptor was able to rescue them, and Hot Shot brought the whole group back to the surface. Unfortunately, as this was happening, Demolishor got the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Palace}}

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the other three kids to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them. Cyclonus didn't get any of the Autobots' allies, so he captured Billy and Fred instead, intending to hold them for ransom. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all the Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the children's lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron naturally reneged on the deal. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

Alexis, Rad, and Carlos watched Red Alert and Hot Shot fixing up some computer systems when another Mini-Con was detected. The signal pointed the Autobots to a disused subway system, and Alexis helped search the tunnels in areas the larger Autobots couldn't reach. During the search, Alexis became frustrated over the condition of the tunnels they were in and went on a rant on how she would stop the misappropriations of public funds once she became president. She swore to save the environment and end world hunger too! For the moment, though, she had to settle with helping rescue the Mini-Con. Once the children had gotten ahold of the panel, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] crossed their path, and they mistook him for a Decepticon. Trying to escape him, they encountered the real Decepticon. Smokescreen revealed his true colors just in time to rescue Alexis and the others from being crushed under a pile of rubble. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}}

After that, the Autobots received a transmission from [[Atlantis]], and the team searched for yet another Mini-Con. At the bottom of the ocean, they once more came under attack from the Decepticons. Alexis, Carlos, and Rad explored the ruins while the Transformers fought outside. All the while, Alexis was also astounded by the boys' obsession with a [[Amphitrite|holographic girl]]. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilization who wielded the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Leader-1 managed to grab hold of it, though removing the panel caused the city to begin collapsing. The kids were forced to flee with the Autobots to escape drowning on the ocean bottom. {{storylink|Ruin}} Afterwards, Alexis noted that Rad was feeling troubled. When she pressed him, Rad admitted to Optimus that he had begun to feel ill-at-ease with the Mini-Cons being used by the Autobots in their war. The Autobot team was then called away to fight for another Mini-Con panel on a volcanic island. While the robots were fighting, Alexis was gung-ho to search for the panel, but Rad suggested using Laserbeak instead. After the kids barely avoided being cooked by a volcanic eruption, the Autobots managed to acquire the island's Mini-Con panel. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but they were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. To make matters worse, Alexis and the other kids were nearly taken by Cyclonus. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

The next day, Alexis and Sureshock went out shopping for groceries. Both Red Alert and Rad chided Alexis for bringing her Mini-Con out in public, but Alexis had taken care to disguise her in some winter clothes. She dismissed their concerns and instead turned the conversation to Carlos's habit of raiding their fridge at night. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

When Alexis tracked down the next Mini-Con, the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Alexis rode in Red Alert. She was left behind alongside Grindor, Sureshock, and High Wire when things started to get heated. Alexis joined up with the other kids as [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] joined the fray, claiming to be an Autobot drifter. Thanks to his help, the Autobots acquired [[Spiral]]. Nonetheless, Alexis had misgivings about the new arrival. Back at the base, she and Rad discussed their suspicions but decided not to raise their misgivings with Optimus just in case their first impressions were false. {{storylink|Gale}}

When Hot Shot and Sideways were warped to the Decepticons' base, Alexis worried whether they would return safely. Some of the other kids were certain that while the Star Saber was in his possession, Hot Shot could handle anything the evil robots could throw at him. This turned out to be false; Alexis witnessed Hot Shot return to Autobot headquarters barely alive, minus his sword and partner; Sideways had betrayed the Autobots! {{storylink|Credulous}}

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With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also helped the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, and managed to find it at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. However, soon after, Scavenger came over to the Autobots and revealed he had been a double agent all along. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

In the aftermath of Sideways's betrayal, the trio wasn't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by still detecting another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off somewhere with a lot of snow while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own [[death]], so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologized to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

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. When Red Alert and Carlos were caught in a mudslide, Sureshock and Alexis coordinated Autobot activities from the 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. {{storylink|Vacation}}

All five kids observed the battle in which [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism. Nonetheless, Alexis proclaimed that she was "a fan of his attitude." When his and Hot Shot's attitudes led to the Decepticons getting their servos on [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], Alexis and Rad gave Hot Shot a talking down for letting his competitiveness get the better of him. The loss did also cause Blurr to mellow out, however, and the kids were glad to see that Hot Shot and Blurr formed a friendship later that evening. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

The next day, Blurr and Hot Shot trained together while the kids watched. They also congratulated Smokescreen for succeeding in a test where Hot Shot failed, even though Hot Shot only failed because he competed with Blurr while trying to dodge the obstacles.

This session was interrupted when Megatron challenged all the Autobots to a final, decisive battle. Due to the danger, the kids were left at the base to watch the proceedings from afar. Megatron would have won if Optimus Prime hadn't managed to get his hands on the Skyboom Shield, and when the Star Saber was used against the shield, a mighty light was released, which Rad and Alexis recognized as the same one that they had seen when Rad awoke High Wire. This light streaked off into space to awaken [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Despite this victory, Optimus Prime decided the situation was too dangerous for the kids and barred them from the base. Frustrated, they wandered off but were soon joined by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], who had received a transmission from the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons on the Moon. While Rad and Fred went to tell Optimus Prime, the rest of the kids and the Mini-Cons headed to the location where the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons were supposed to warp in. However, the transmission turned out to be a trap orchestrated by Megatron, seeking to divide and conquer. Rad, Fred, and four of the Autobots were teleported to various locations worldwide, leaving Alexis, Carlos, and Billy behind. Finding herself unable to contact Laserbeak, Alexis hurried back to the base to tell Red Alert and Scavenger about the situation. She then tried to re-establish contact with Laserbeak, which she did, just as Optimus Prime was persuading Megatron's Mini-Cons to convert to the Autobots' side. She was able to get all the rest of the Autobots to Prime's location, where they successfully drove off Megatron. {{storylink|Vow}}

After that adventure, the kids were allowed back into the base, though no longer on missions. Alexis got stroppy when Carlos complained about boredom, while Rad tried to keep the two from murdering each other. Despite not being at the front of the action, the war would still impinge on their lives when Sideways hacked the Autobots' computer system. Despite Rad and Alexis' best efforts, Sideways's virus quickly took control of the base and projected himself into it. The trio, faced with no other options, resorted to physically smashing the terminals, which granted them a brief reprieve.

However, this relief proved to be short-lived when Sideways sucked the kids' minds and their partner Mini-Cons into a cyberspace landscape of his devising. Rad and Carlos enjoyed the lack of gravity in this new realm for a while before Sideways's digital avatar appeared to them and tried to claim their Mini-Cons.

Back at the base, Billy and Fred tried to wake the trio up. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, the kids and Mini-Cons fled Sideways and discovered that all they saw was just an elaborate illusion. Sideways managed to capture Sureshock, but then Alexis realized that since he had gone to so much effort, he wasn't in control of this illusion - and also that he couldn't harm them.

[[File:Screenshot-arm-24-1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Ever had one of those days were you felt so...negative?]]
At this, Sideways panicked and made a desperate bid to take the Mini-Cons, but the kids' lack of belief in the world they saw put paid to that plan. At that point, a massive force of evil manifested in cyberspace - Unicron, the one entity Sideways feared! The kids fled back to the meatspace through a portal opened by Red Alert, leaving Sideways to his master's mercies. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

When Fred tried to tell the others about strange lights seen recently in space, Alexis was the only one who seemed concerned. All the kids expressed relief when Sideways appeared on the battlefield during the next Mini-Con related skirmish, which meant he couldn't hack their system again. The Autobots won this battle, bringing [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] into the fold, and the kids were all there to welcome him when they took him back to base. {{storylink|Tactician}}

In a subsequent battle, Optimus Prime was seriously injured, forcing Jetfire to take command. None of the kids were impressed by the new guy's constant boasting. They also got a brief history lesson on battles the Autobots had lost due to Thrust's tactical genius; while Carlos was confident that Jetfire could easily counter Thrust, the others weren't so sure.

As it turned out, the kids were right about Jetfire, as his overconfidence nearly led to the Autobots being wiped out after he got himself caught in another of Thrust's ambushes. To his credit, Jetfire was contrite, saying he had learned his lesson and would be more cautious in the future. {{storylink|Linkup}}

The next day, the kids watched Jetfire and Smokescreen arm-wrestling, and Alexis confused Carlos by cheering for both. They also filled in Jetfire on who Sideways was and what he had previously done. Jetfire then displayed his cunning side by showing the kids a still of Sideways shooting down Cyclonus after Sideways had defected, which cast doubt on the turncoat's allegiance to the Decepticons. The kids tried to figure out what Sideways's deal was while the Autobots went to obtain yet another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Detection}}

While the Autobots were dealing with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], two Mini-Cons were detected in addition to the one the Transformers were at the time explicitly fighting over. Alexis was confused by the location data, but after some analysis, she discovered that it was pointing at the Moon. At that point, Sideways mockingly congratulated her on her ingenuity and explained that these three Mini-Cons would unite to form the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]].

Meanwhile, the boys found the other Mini-Con, [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]], in the caves around the base. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Alexis continued to coordinate the Autobots from the base. At the same time, Red Alert took Sky Blast, Carlos, and Rad to the battlefield in a bid to complete the Requiem Blaster. Their gamble eventually paid off: Sky Blast awoke both [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] on the beach and [[Astroscope]] on the moon and the three Mini-Cons combined. Optimus Prime obtained the Requiem Blaster and used it to force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Desperate}}

In light of this, the kids became concerned about the Mini-Cons' rights and took the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out to a remote farmhouse where they could be safe. Thrust tracked them down, but he got caught in a set of traps the kids had rigged up, which stalled the Decepticon long enough for Optimus to come and save the day. After a passionate discussion of why the Mini-Cons should not be viewed as mere weapons, the kids and Mini-Cons both returned to base. {{storylink|Runaway}}

All the kids were present when [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] came to Earth and rather enthusiastically begged to fight alongside Blurr. The kids weren't impressed, so Billy and Fred went off to play a video game. Alexis berated them for wasting time and resources, and, ''purely'' in the interest of demonstrating how silly their game was, decided to play against them. {{storylink|Past}} Naturally enough, she turned out to be the best of the lot. {{storylink|Past II}}

Later, the kids stayed at the base with Red Alert when the Autobots went out to counter a Decepticon attack. However, this attack proved to be nothing more than a distraction posed by Starscream, while the rest of the 'Cons attacked the Autobot base in search of the Requiem Blaster. The kids ran for hiding before the Autobots warped back, and bore witness to Megatron obtaining the Blaster and using it on Smokescreen, apparently killing him. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Smokescreen clung to life, if only barely, and Red Alert went to task fixing him. As they watched, the children were given a brief lesson in Cybertronian anatomy, specifically on what a [[Spark]] was. Afterward, Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots. Though most of the kids were initially suspicious, Alexis was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. All the kids eventually welcomed him when they saw his attendant Mini-Cons genuinely looked up to him. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} Alexis took a particular shine to him, but Starscream dismissed her and the other human children, as he was only concerned with defeating [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. The kids' favorable opinion of Starscream was further cemented when they watched him aid the Autobots to rescue the Decepticon-held Mini-Cons from the enemy's moonbase. {{storylink|Rescue}} Later, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when he and Jetfire traveled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in search of a Mini-Con panel. Despite his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts, in particular Alexis. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} Alexis fashioned a pendant from this, which had a mysterious connection to Starscream's [[spark]].

[[File:Chamois WHY.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|How dare you? Do you have any idea how much of my sweat and blood went into that thing?]]
In return for his kindness, the kids threw Starscream a surprise party, sewing a large [[Chamois of Friendship]] out of several smaller rags. This gesture touched Starscream, but he unfortunately still had trouble adjusting to life with the Autobots. Rad, Alexis, and Carlos later took the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] out for a walk, inadvertently leading to Starscream being accused of stealing the Skyboom Shield for the Decepticons. Though the kids explained themselves to Hot Shot, the damage had been done, and Starscream abandoned both his gift and the Autobots when [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] duped him into returning to the Decepticons, ostensibly to destroy Megatron. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} In the aftermath, Alexis and Rad tried to calm the more visibly enraged Billy and Carlos, and then they all went to their respective homes, where Alexis clutched her pendant and thought about Starscream.

The next day, all the kids returned to the base to discover the Autobots and their allied Mini-Cons working quickly to complete the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' to retrieve the Decepticons' Mini-Cons. The kids discussed Starscream a bit and decided never to speak of him again; Alexis was visibly upset but tried to hide it. At Fred's suggestion, they all went to see a comet to take their minds off things. Alexis, still upset over Starscream, told Rad she was going home as the others watched the skies. Walking alongside her, Rad tried to convince Alexis to stay with her friends. Then, the comet was destroyed by the Decepticons' newly completed [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}} Rad and Alexis raced back to their friends, and all the kids just kind of stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Crisis kids standing around.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey, it's a Christian Rock album]]
As it turned out, the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime's noble sacrifice]] thwarted the Decepticons. The kids all suffered heartfelt grief.

Over the next week, the Autobots busied themselves with completing the ''Axalon'', but Hot Shot and Scavenger soon came to blows. The kids were confused by this and watched from afar as the two fought on an abandoned highway. When the rest of the Autobots joined in abusing Hot Shot, the kids tried to persuade them that bullying their youngest member wouldn't help anything but were overruled by Red Alert, who insisted that they had to get this out of their system. It turned out Scavenger was trying to snap Hot Shot out of his depression. In due course, Hot Shot did come to terms with Optimus Prime's death, and everybody's morale was reinvigorated; it was raised so much so that Hot Shot was chosen as the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Under Hot Shot's understandably unsteady command, the ''Axalon'' was soon completed and preparations made to depart for Cybertron. The kids were looking forward to seeing another planet and so were naturally miffed when Hot Shot told them that he was leaving them on Earth where it was safe. All the kids glumly returned home, but ever hopeful, Alexis packed her bags anyway and, along with Rad and Carlos, headed for the Autobot base the next morning.

When they arrived, Hot Shot once again insisted that it was too dangerous for them to come along. Upon hearing this, the Mini-Cons collectively rebelled and blocked all the ship's systems, refusing to budge until the kids were allowed on. Hot Shot relented, and the kids and Autobots blasted off into space. Alexis saw fit to only inform her parents about her departure via e-mail at the last possible moment. {{storylink|Depart}}

During the journey, the kids witnessed the arrival of thousands of new Mini-Cons and Optimus's rebirth, {{storylink|Miracle (episode)|Miracle}} the conflict with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and the Mini-Con powered [[spontaneous recoloration|recoloration]] of several Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Following a confrontation with the Decepticons, the Autobots arrived on Cybertron, only to find Galvatron had already conquered it. The Street Action Mini-Cons jumped out of their airlock to form a glowing green shield, which Alexis realized was to protect against Unicron. The Mini-Cons did return but soon tried to sneak down to Cybertron's surface. Though Carlos feared for their safety, Alexis and Rad favored letting them go down to the surface, as the little ones had a right to walk around on their home planet. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} With the Mini-Cons gone, the kids were left with nothing much to do but watch the lights of battle on the surface. They did try to stop Hot Shot from making a one-robot mission to the heart of the Decepticon stronghold to warn Galvatron about the impending threat of Unicron. Still, then Rad persuaded everyone to let him go ahead with it. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

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They later received a message that Thrust had stolen the Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster and was at that moment speeding towards the center of Cybertron, being pursued by Starscream, Hot Shot, and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. The trio teamed up with their partner Mini-Cons and joined in the chase, catching up to Starscream just as he confronted Thrust. Alexis called out Starscream's name, so Thrust decided to distract Starscream by shooting the humans with the Blaster. Starscream, remembering the kindness they had shown him when he defected, bravely leaped into the path of the Blaster, dying to save the kids.

Time got warped at that point, and the kids found themselves millions of years in the past, in an [[Splinter timeline|alternate timeline]]. They encountered Hot Shot, being trapped by semi-organic growth; Hot Shot revealed that Unicron had created the Mini-Cons, and the Transformers' use of them had led to the downfall of the entire race.

With that happy thought, the kids were sent back even further in time, where they witnessed the first Mini-Cons being spawned. Among these were High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor. The kids' encounter with the Mini-Cons granted them with a burgeoning free will.

Finally, the kids were warped back to a few seconds before Thrust killed Starscream, allowing the Mini-Cons to combine into Perceptor and knock Thrust's aim off. Thrust's blast was redirected, saving Starscream. The ceiling then collapsed, but Starscream used his own body to shield the kids while Thrust flew off. At that point, Hot Shot and Wheeljack arrived. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} The kids explained the situation and the fact that Starscream had saved them. Hot Shot ordered them to return to the ''Axalon'', but the kids managed to persuade him to let them tag along. The kids and bots sped along behind Starscream, following him through a portal to an organic-looking area where Thrust and Sideways were waiting; Alexis put on her necklace at this point. While the Transformers dealt with Unicron's minions and the various parasites and tentacles, the kids tried to rouse the Mini-Cons that made up the weapons in Thrust's possession from their dormant state. They were unsuccessful. The team was forced to flee, and the various organic... things soon separated Alexis and Starscream from the rest of the group. Starscream flew Alexis to safety, but she dropped her necklace en route. Rather than leave it to escape, she jumped from Starscream's shoulder to retrieve it. Starscream had to turn around and transform to save her.

[[File:Portent Alexis charm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Alexis's Good Luck Necklace doesn't contain enough luck to match her outfit.]]
They made it back to the surface, after which they realized the portal they had gone through had taken them to the interior of Cybertron's moon. Then, the ground began to crumble, revealing that the moon was concealing Unicron's body! Jetfire arrived and took the kids to safety back on Cybertron. As Autobots and Decepticons went their separate ways, Alexis begged Starscream to stay. Though he considered it, Starscream realized he'd just end up betraying her again and left. {{storylink|Portent}}

Starscream later interrupted a rather aggressive negotiation between Optimus Prime and Megatron, battling his old commander to prove that Unicron's threat was genuine. During the battle, Starscream decided to de-energize his sword and let Galvatron run him through. When Starscream died, [[Good Luck Necklace|Alexis's pendant]] cracked; instinctively, Alexis knew this indicated that something had just gone horribly wrong. Her intuition was proved correct when Optimus informed the kids of Starscream's demise; Alexis was overcome with grief and consoled by Rad. {{storylink|Cramp}} Still, she was able to attend the meeting at which the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to suspend hostilities until the defeat of Unicron. Though sad that Starscream wasn't there, she was glad he had achieved his goal of temporarily uniting the factions. {{storylink|Alliance}}

[[File:Cramp-AlexismournsStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"They told me mullets were making a comeback. They lied!"]]
When Optimus Prime and Galvatron managed to sneak inside Unicron, the Street Action Mini-Cons decided to infiltrate the titan's body as well. The children and Red Alert tagged along, barely avoiding getting crushed and getting through the warp gate that led to Unicron's interiors. {{storylink|Union}} Red Alert was left behind, but the rest of the group soldiered forth. They found the two leaders restrained by Unicron's tentacles, with Unicron trying to break Optimus Prime through Sideways's vocal synthesizer verbally. Unicron destroyed the Mini-Cons' human-derived personalities, restoring them to blank drones, and then dragged the kids into a bizarre mindscape. However, the kids' mental fortitude was strong enough to not only break Unicron's thrall over the Mini-Cons but also to restore their personalities. The kids and Mini-Cons then managed to release the weapons, allowing Optimus Prime to blow up Sideways with the Requiem Blaster.

However, Galvatron challenged Optimus Prime to a final battle on the way out, {{storylink|Origin}} because as long as both of them still existed, the hatred and enmity would last forever. Thus Unicron would never be permanently defeated. The kids fled and were picked up by Jetfire and Cyclonus on Unicron's surface. Optimus Prime won the battle, and Unicron and Galvatron were both (apparently) destroyed.

Hot Shot and Jetfire returned the kids to Earth, where they said tearful (but temporary) goodbyes. Alexis pondered her pendant, wistfully remembering Starscream. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
Alexis and Rad stared up in horror as the Decepticons unleashed the might of the Hydra Cannon towards the Earth. Though there was little they could do to stop the incoming desolation, Optimus thankfully sacrificed himself to prevent Earth's destruction. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

====''Legends'' comic====
While at the beach with her friends, {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} a young Alexis was transported into the [[Legends World]] by [[Alpha Trion]], who knew of her connection with Starscream and hoped she could stop the resurrected Decepticon from causing tragedy by sacrificing himself again. As her appearance reawakened Starscream's lost memories, Alexis gently told him he'd "gotten lost" in this other universe and brought him home to their dimension. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} With Starscream seemingly returned to death, Alexis reminisced about him on the beach. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

An older Alexis, from her diplomat days, was one of the many women brought to the Legends World by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It didn't work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tabitha St. Germain]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)|[[Mia Kihl]] (Swedish), [[Victoire Theismann]] (French), [[Rebeca Aponte]] (Spanish - Latin America), [[Carmen Podio]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Domitilla D'Amico]] (Italian), [[Izabella Bukowska]] (Polish), [[Karolina Blom]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:EnergonTVAlexis.jpg|left|thumb|Saturn Queen.]]
Soon after Unicron's defeat and the reunification of the Cybertronians under the Autobot flag, Dr. [[Brian Jones]] traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with his son, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]. He also brought along Rad, Alexis, and Carlos to the alien planet. {{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}} Years afterward, Alexis traveled to Cybertron as part of the human delegation. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Ten years later, she worked as a diplomat on behalf of the [[Earth Federation]], usually as a liaison between Earth's nations and the Cybertronian Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Alexis traveled to [[Ocean City]] to tell the human crew and their Cybertronian allies about the Federation's decision to declare a neutral position in the latest Transformers conflict. While Alexis now represented the interests of Earth, she still had faith in Optimus Prime. She trusted his decisions in the Energon war, just as she trusted him during the [[Unicron Battles]]. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

After the Battle of the Asteroid Belt, Alexis traveled to [[Ocean City]] to discuss the creation of a global [[energon grid (technology)|energon grid]] to protect Earth from Alpha Q-related attacks. She was on hand to greet Dr. Jones, who responded in his usual jovial manner, which involved pushing her space boundaries. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} When construction got underway, she offered to requisition more supplies and human resources, but Dr. Jones reassured her they had quite enough resources to hand. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}}

Shortly after that, she accompanied the Autobots and Earth Federation personnel to [[Jungle City]], where Kicker had received a vision of impending disaster. She and [[Sally Jones|Sally]] were removed from the scene before the fighting began.

As Kicker had predicted, the Decepticons arrived to raid the city. Things went badly for the Autobots, and they were forced to blow it up. Alexis reluctantly supported this move, reasoning that humans had survived the fall of civilizations before, and they would survive this. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Later, with Cybertron in danger, Dr. Jones sent all of Earth's energon to Cybertron. Alexis objected to this because it would leave Earth vulnerable but eventually gave in. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} She then arranged for Jungle City to be rebuilt on top of a newly discovered energon deposit on Earth. {{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
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Alexis continued in her governmental job. She was the only other person present onstage when the President appointed [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] Earth's ambassador to Cybertron. Subsequently, she, Rad, and Carlos were among the humans who bid farewell to the Autobots as they departed Earth to begin a new [[space bridge]] construction program. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{note|The shot of all three ''Armada'' humans does not occur in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show.}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
By [[2030]], Alexis served as the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] under [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President Constanza]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/03}}

====''The AllSpark Almanac''====
The [[multiverse|multiversal]] news source ''[[ALTernity Today]]'' reported that Alexis Thi Dang of [[universal stream]] [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]] won the [[Whig]] Party primary for [[President of the United States]]. She ran on a platform for a stronger alliance between Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[File:Armada3-Alexis.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Alexis rocks the muttonchops.]]
Alexis helped Rad and Carlos with [[Project Supernova (Armada)|Project Supernova]], although she was rather cynical about it achieving flight. While she ran into some problems on launch day, including homework and Rad's insistence on playing secret agent (she was Agent Bubblegum), Alexis helped throw the Project Supernova off a cliff. Her cynicism was turned around when the craft managed to stay airborne, but it soon crashed due to [[Sid (Armada)|outside]] [[Seth|interference]]. Alexis was pissed and about having to go home when Rad fell into a cave and accidentally awakened [[Sparkplug (Armada)|four]] [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|alien robots]], whom he promptly hid in his garage. This didn't serve to improve Alexis's mood any, as she felt the robots could be dangerous and that they should tell people about them. Rad and Carlos eventually calmed her down, which was good as the robots turned out to be nice guys who built them a new Project Supernova. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, while the kids and bots were flying around on their vehicle, they were attacked by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and fled back to the garage, where an angry Alexis demanded an explanation. The robots told the kids that they were [[Mini-Con]]s from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and that Megatron was a [[Decepticon]] out to capture them. Mad that she and her friends had been pulled into another race's war, Alexis began to argue with Rad, but Carlos made them both realize that they had to lure Megatron away from their neighborhood. The kids and Mini-Cons fled to a nearby canyon, where they found [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}}

While Alexis and the others were almost captured and killed by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Autobots and Mini-Cons soon drove the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} Unfortunately, as the kids were playing around in a forest some time later, Optimus Prime visited them, explaining that he couldn't let them get involved with the Transformers' war any longer. Alexis and her friends were subsequently forbidden from hanging out with the Street Action Team. Sparkplug, who was against this, broke order and took the kids with him to rescue some Mini-Cons from the Decepticon base. Their mission was to [[Mini-Con panic-pager|call for help]] if Sparkplug's infiltration team wasn't back within 30 minutes. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} When the team failed to return, Alexis and the others called for help and ended up summoning the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. However, it took some convincing to get them to help Sparkplug. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[File:Armada8-gradesslipping.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Some time between issue 3 and now, she hit puberty.]]
After a day at school, Alexis and her friends were riding around on the Street Action Team and eating burgers when the Mini-Cons suddenly stopped responding to them and sped away for an unknown destination. The kids were unable to get off until they came to a halt, which they did next to a [[Mini-Con Ark|mysterious monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. When the Mini-Cons entered the structure, Rad followed them, and Alexis could only watch as the monolith launched into space with her friend on board. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Optimus Prime explained that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], and Alexis and Carlos couldn't do much other than urge the Autobots to save him. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} While Optimus managed to retrieve a starship to travel to the Moon, he refused to endanger the humans by letting them come as well. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Fortunately, [[simulcrum]] technology allowed them to be on the ship "in spirit," and Alexis was eventually reunited with Rad. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After staying out of the Transformer conflict for a bit, Alexis, Rad, and Carlos learned the Mini-Cons were all returning to Cybertron to fight [[Unicron]]. They said their goodbyes to the Street Action Team, then watched as the Transformers entered a [[space bridge]] and left Earth. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}} Some time after the conflict on Earth had ended, Alexis began to compile a comprehensive database of information on several Transformers. She was unaware that this information (which, in several cases, contradicted actual events) was planted into her mind by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More Than Meets The Eye}}

====''Energon''====
[[File:What Lies Beneath dusty protest.jpg|left|thumb|The first protest she ever participated in was against having to wear the same color every day.]]
In the ten years that followed the Transformers' departure from Earth, Alexis became an activist, traveling worldwide with other like-minded individuals to (violently) protest the misuse of Earth's natural resources.

One such trip found her in [[Australia]], protesting [[Alterenergy]]'s [[Energon|01 Source]] research. Her group's protest was interrupted when the Transformers returned to Earth in the form of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and attacked the Alterenergy excavation site. Alexis was horrified that they were getting dragged into the Transformer war again but ended up rushing straight into it to save a young teenager named [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] from [[Battle Ravage]] by shooting the beast in the face with a flare gun. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} The two tried to escape on a motorcycle but ended up crashing it and getting captured by Battle Ravage, who brought them to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} The Terrorcon leader used Alexis as a hostage, threatening to kill her if Kicker wouldn't help him find 01 Source. Fortunately, Rad, who now worked for Alterenergy, came to her aid... or at least it would've been her aid if Battle Ravage hadn't been guarding her. They escaped thanks to Carlos, who aided them from space by remotely detonating the collected 01 Source, knocking the Terrorcon out. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} After Rad explained to Alexis that 01 Source was Energon—Transformer fuel—and that Kicker could sense it, the two were suddenly reunited with Optimus Prime, who had arrived to fight the Terrorcons. The Autobots subsequently drove the Terrorcons away and rescued Kicker, who was surprised that Rad and Alexis knew each other. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}

As the Autobots officially revealed themselves to the human population, many began to fear an invasion and protested against them. Alexis was in [[Los Angeles]] at the time and reflected alongside Rad on how she would probably be opposing as well if she didn't know any better. Rad wasn't happy to hear this, nor was he happy about her way of life, as her frequent trips around the globe meant she never stuck around. Alexis explained that she had merely grown up and didn't see things in black and white anymore, but the disgruntled Rad just said his goodbyes and left. However, he came back and apologized as Alexis prepared to go in a taxi, which made her feel better. Then Terrorcon [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]] attacked Los Angeles and blew up the cab. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Fortunately, she had gotten out in time and was safe and sound and returned to Rad. As he thought Alexis had died in the explosion, Rad had realized how much she truly meant to him and embraced her and told her never to leave him again. They were both reasonably embarrassed afterward. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Using Rad's truck, they raced away from the Insecticons and to Alterenergy's west coast headquarters. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Upon arrival, Alexis spent some time with Carlos, who explained how Rad planned to use the [[Energon Volant Accumulator]] to aid the Autobots in the fight against the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

{{Unreleased energon comic}}
As the AlterEnergy collaboration grew between Cybertron and Earth, Alexis became involved with the [[United Nations]] in connection with the project. She helped orchestrate a task force to look for Kicker after he went missing. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} Her information helped Rad and his people locate where [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] had taken the boy. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} After being rescued, Kicker said goodbye to Alexis, Rad, and Carlos before joining the fight against Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
When Rad and Carlos went spelunking, Alexis followed them to ensure they didn't get themselves killed. She was shocked to see them emerge from the cave with the alien robot [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], but didn't have much time come to terms with the situation before [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked them and tried to capture the smaller robot. High Wire transformed into a bike and took Alexis and the others to safety, where they met several other robots. [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] explained that they were [[Mini-Con]]s who had ended up on Earth after fleeing from the eternal war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} When the Mini-Cons refused to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], who was getting his aft handed to him by Megatron, Rad decided to do it himself. Alexis protested, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. In the end, Rad taking action caused Megatron to flee and the humans to befriend the Autobots, but Alexis still told him not to let it go to his head. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

After playing with their new friends on the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], Alexis, Rad, and Carlos were tasked with finding the [[locator log]] on board the crashed Mini-Con ship. When they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], Alexis again took on the role of warning Rad against taking stupid risks, only for his crazy ideas to still work. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Going back to her daily life, Alexis later visited the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]] but was followed by Sureshock. After Sureshock's attempts to "help" the observatory crashed their mainframe, Alexis made a run for it and told the story to her friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} When the Autobots decided to send the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron, she figured they had no other choice and told Rad not to get all emotional about it. In the end, the plans fell through, and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Alexis and her friends were racing with the Street Action Team again when they were suddenly attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to steal their Mini-Con friends. While the Street Action Team held the Decepticon back in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], Alexis and the others fetched Optimus Prime to help them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}} Shortly afterward, they met [[Amos Hume]] and helped him save the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
11-years old Alexis was one of the many self-titled "Cosmo Kids" that lived in the community around the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|Cosmo Scope Research Center and Interstellar Observatory]]. She possessed a "powerful handheld computer," which she affectionately nicknamed "Rover," and had a fondness for imitating a TV announcer voice and narrating her friends' adventures as they happened. During an early autumn afternoon, Alexis and her friends Rad and Carlos headed out into the nearby mountains for some trail exploring. Alexis rode her scooter on the trip, which eventually led to a trail none of them had ever seen before. Carlos and Alexis were hesitant to continue down the trail when they spotted some signs indicating it was dangerous, but Rad goaded them on into pushing forward. The path eventually led to a cave, which the kids decided to explore. When the trio found cave paintings within, Alexis initially believed them to be graffiti done by other school kids and was insulted that anyone from the local community would do such a childish thing. The kids soon realized that it wasn't graffiti at all, but ancient cave paintings depicting robots fighting. All of them depicted violence save one, which pictured three robots that Alexis found cute, prompting groans from her male companions. As if prompted by an unknown instinct, Alexis reached out to touch one of the three robots. This action triggered a hidden mechanism within the cave, which revealed real-life versions of the three robots the children had touched in the drawing after some rumbling. Alexis met Sureshock, a Mini-Con who could only be understood by Alexis herself. The children learned about Cybertron and its civil war from their new robot friends. The moment was cut short when Autobots and Decepticons were teleported on-site by a mechanism within the Mini-Cons' ship. Finding themselves in the middle of a vicious battle between mechanical titans, Alexis and her friends thankfully escaped from harm thanks to the Mini-Cons' efforts and the newcomer, Optimus Prime. Learning that Optimus had the best of intentions for both Earth and the Mini-Cons, Alexis promised to keep the Transformers' existence a secret and rode back to town on Sureshock, now reformatted into a high-tech scooter. Meeting with Carlos and Rad the next day at school, the trio dismissed Billy and Fred's insinuations that anything exciting had happened to them the previous day before heading off to class. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Battle Begins|The Battle Begins}}

To explain to their parents how they had gotten totally sweet new extreme sports vehicles, Carlos and Alexis agreed to go along with a story that Rad had made up; the three of them had won their new gear in an extreme riding competition. Alexis's parents bought the story, and she took to riding Sureshock to school. The next afternoon, she, Carlos, and Rad readied themselves to visit the Autobots when they encountered Billy and Fred. Their schoolmates were curious about where they had gotten the new vehicles, and the trio knew they wouldn't be fooled by the story they had told their parents. Rad claimed that his dad had bought them the vehicles through some "connections," and they were the next year's model. Carlos and Alexis were quick to affirm his story. Narrowly avoiding exposure, the trio then took off for the Autobots' base. Strangely, they found the cave leading to the headquarters now sealed by a stone door. The Mini-Cons maintained a wireless connection to their vessel, however, and were able to grant themselves access to the base. But once inside, the group found it deserted. They eventually found Optimus and his fellow Autobots, Hot Shot and Red Alert, at a nearby highway, adopting new alternate modes. After brief introductions were made, explosions were heard off in the distance. The Decepticons were attacking the Autobots' base! Alexis, Carlos, and Rad raced ahead of the Autobots on their Mini-Cons, coming face to face with Megatron. The Decepticon leader halted his assault to demand the children surrender their companions. The Autobots arrived on the scene before Megatron was able to act on his threat, and Alexis and the others hid in some nearby brush to watch the battle unfold.

During the battle, a stray shot from Megatron caused a rockslide to tumble towards the kids and their Mini-Cons. Hot Shot zipped in and rescued them, though the ride within the two-seat sports car was a cramped one for all three kids. As they drove back to Optimus, Alexis noticed four Mini-Con panels sticking out of the rubble. Carlos and Rad helped her dig them out. Two of the panels activated in the Autobots' presence, one of them becoming Red Alert's partner, "Longarm" and the other Hot Shot's partner "Jolt." Red Alert instructed the children to keep the remaining two panels safe, and they hid themselves once more. The Decepticons were soon forced to retreat, but one of them, Cyclonus, lingered long enough to snatch the panels from Alexis and Rad before warping away. The children were torn up about allowing the Mini-Cons to fall into enemy hands, but Optimus assured them they had done everything they could. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
One [[Halloween]] night, Alexis went Trick-or-Treating with Carlos, Rad, and their three [[Mini-Con]]s. Because she was the mature one, she collected donations for [[UNICEF]] instead of candy, though she did dress as a princess. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

After Alexis talked Doctor [[Jessica Theist]] into letting her niece [[Kelly (Armada)|Kelly]] come along an archeological dig, she also lent Kelly a computer. And Laserbeak. And [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] and [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]. It pays to be connected. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
[[File:RTD-Alexis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Rad, Carlos, and Alexis talked Optimus Prime into letting them explore some nearby caves in the hopes of finding other Mini-Cons, claiming that he and Carlos had already explored a few of them in the past. The trio succeeded in finding a crystal but had to be saved by Hot Shot after a surprise Decepticon attack caused a landslide. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

In another adventure, Carlos talked Rad into joining him for a Mini-Con race, to which Alexis invited herself. They foolishly left themselves out in the open, allowing Megatron to attack. Fortunately for them (your mileage may vary), Optimus and Hot Shot were there to save them yet again. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Alexis.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]
While [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] was out shopping for [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], he passed by Alexis, who could only stare in awe. {{Storylink|Bumblebee! The Gentle-Hearted Autobot Warrior}}
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==Notes==
{{Twoimages|File:Alexis midriff.jpg|w1=50|File:Alexis-swimsuit.jpg|w1=50|caption=Alexis's original animation character model and unused swimsuit model.|float=right}}
[[File:AlexisIPVersion.jpg|100px|thumb|Ridin' nerdy.]]
*According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo ''Legends of the Microns'' website, Alexis is 11 years old at the start of ''Armada''. The page also stated she is Asian. As per the liner notes of the second series soundtrack, ''[[The Transformers Legends of the Microns: Sound of Evolution Vol. 2]]'', there were difficulties in coming up with the kids' character designs, as the producers were given three mandated ethnicities: White, Hispanic, and Asian. The notes go on to further confirm Alexis as being Asian ([[Vietnam]]ese American), specifying that she is the daughter of {{w|Vietnamese boat people}}. Her ethnicity is more pronounced on the 2001 Armada IP creative bible's cover. Compared to the relatively unchanged Carlos and Rad, she was heavily redesigned, and why remains unknown.
*''[[Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook]]'' backs up that Alexis is 11 years old when ''Armada'' begins. It also specified that she always got excellent grades and was a computer whiz. (To be in the same 8th-grade class as Rad and Carlos at her age, Alexis must have been smart enough to skip 7th grade.)
*According to [[Aaron Archer]], Alexis is named after the daughter of [[Steve Drucker]].
*Alexis didn't have a surname until the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II]]'' dubbed her "Alexis Thi Dang".
*''[[Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003]]'' reveals that Alexis has an unused swimsuit model.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alexandra "Alexa"''' (アレクサンドラ ''Arekusandora'', アレクサ ''Arekusa'')
*''Korean:'' '''Jenna Alexandra''' (제나 알렉산드라 ''Jenna Alleksandeura'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Ā láikè shā''' (China, 阿莱克莎, "Alexa")

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Airachnid (Prime)

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:''Airachnid is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Airachnid-HowToDraw.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|There once was a spider who knew how to fly / I don't know why the spider could fly / Perhaps you'll die]]

Long ago, '''Airachnid''' was with the [[Decepticon]]s, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. After the [[Great Exodus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however, she decided to go solo. These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting [[Airachnid's specimens|endangered species]]... well, parts of endangered species, mostly the heads. Now, if a species ''isn't'' endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make ''sure'' of that, and she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

Less trustworthy than even [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], she is more than willing to kill her own [[Breakdown (WFC)|men]] or leave her [[Megatron (WFC)|commanding officers]] behind if it means getting what she wants. The pain and trauma she had inflicted on [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], from said [[Autobot]]'s torture to the brutal execution of [[Tailgate (Prime)|her partner]], have given them a vicious, bitter history, and both will stop at nothing to kill each other. She also has the ability to control [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]].

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese)|[[Li Ye]] (Chinese), [[Erica Edwards]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Heide Domanowski]] (German), [[So-yeong Lee]] (Korean), [[Julia Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Marina Thovez]] (Italian), [[Ella Pyhältö]] (Finnish), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese, season 1), [[Denise Simonetto]] (Portuguese, season 2 onwards), [[France Bastoen]] (French)}}

[[File:Airachnid.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Shelob gave dieting a go after seeing how much weight her director lost.]]

During the war for Cybertron, Airachnid managed to capture [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and her partner [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Quickly realizing that Arcee would resist the physical torture she used, Airachnid decided to employ a simpler threat: Tell her the attack coordinates of an impeding attack, or Tailgate dies. Arcee insisted she didn't know the coordinates, but Airachnid didn't believe her and killed Tailgate. Moments later, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] burst into the holding room, killing the two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s and rescuing Arcee. Airachnid, however, escaped. {{storylink|Predatory}} Arcee later recalled Tailgate's death while on a mission with Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Airachnid concluded that the war was over, meaning she needed a new way to spend her time. Abandoning the Decepticons, she decided to hunt sentient species, then wipe them out after getting a trophy. Eventually, Airachnid crash-landed [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]] on [[Earth]]. She initially laid her optics on a lone camper, but was ambushed by Arcee. While Arcee gained the upper hand, she was distracted by her human partner, [[Jack Darby]], and Airachnid webbed her to a rock. Having learned of Cliffjumper's recent demise, Airachnid decided that making Jack her next trophy would be a delicious way to hurt Arcee before finally snuffing out her [[spark]]. She chased Jack back to her ship, but discovered too late that the human had snuck out the underside. She spotted Jack ''just'' in time to see him hurl a flaming stick into a pool of [[energon]] that was leaking from her ship. Airachnid barely managed to escape the explosion, but she was wounded and ''really'' pissed. She managed to web the fleeing Jack to a tree, but before Airachnid could deliver the killing blow, Arcee came to the rescue and absolutely wiped the forest floor with the Decepticon. Deciding she had endured enough for one night, Airachnid drilled into the ground and fled. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[File:Crisscross-helicopter.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Finally a use for those helicopter cockpit halves on her shoulders!]]
Learning of [[MECH]]'s treatment of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Airachnid engineered a distress call which lured [[Silas]] to the forest. She made a deal with the MECH agent to give him Arcee – at least, what would be ''left'' of her – if he could deliver Jack to her. Silas used the [[Internet]] to track down information on Jack and have [[June Darby]] kidnapped so Airachnid cocooned her and dangled her from a building in the disused [[Jasper]] factory MECH was occupying. When Jack arrived, Airacnid gave him six minutes to rescue his mother. She followed Jack around the factory and, when he eventually found June and claimed victory, she pointed out the task was to ''rescue'' mom, not just find her. Before Airachnid could start with the dismemberment, Arcee arrived to attack her and the two enemies fought at length around the building's structure. During the fight, Airachnid was thrown into a container and coated with concrete, but managed to get free and web Arcee to the ground. She was about to finish off Arcee when she was attacked by [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s helicopters, and was forced to [[scanning|scan]] one so she could escape. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}}

[[File:MetalAttraction-Airachnidcaptured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Breakdown, you have a bug on your... um... windshield?"]]
Airachnid followed a magnetic signal and found [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] with a [[polarity gauntlet]]. Seeking to obtain the weapon, she buried him underground, but he escaped and she was forced to fight him. Then Arcee turned up with a [[Bulkhead (Prime)|new partner for her to snuff]] and she had to fight them as well. When Breakdown activated the gauntlet, she fled in alarm. She later ambushed the 'Con on his way back to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', taking the gauntlet from him and reacting with disdain to his suggestion they could take it back to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] together. The Autobots caught up with them, and Airachnid used the gauntlet to draw Arcee to her for a little one-on-one fighting. When the battle started to turn sour, however, she grabbed the gauntlet and attempted to flee in her helicopter form. Unfortunately, Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her into Breakdown. Fused magnetically to the 'Con, she was carried back to the ''Nemesis'', where she had no choice but to rejoin the Decepticons. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:Partners-Immobilizer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Even shinier than the [[Polarity gauntlet]]!"]]
Immediately ingratiating herself with Megatron, Airachnid told the Decepticon leader that [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] had been keeping information to himself, such as the location of the crashed Decepticon ship, the ''[[Harbinger]]''. Megatron ordered Starscream to take Airachnid to the ship's crash site and secure the experimental weapon it contained. Once there, Airachnid discovered that the half of the ship containing the [[Immobilizer]] had broken off before impact. She webbed up Starscream and forced him to tell her the location of the aft section, but was attacked by the Autobots while leaving. After a brief fight with Arcee, Airachnid was chased off by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], and instead went to find the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> aft. She quickly located it and retrieved the Immobilizer, then lay in wait as Optimus's team approached the ship. She was able to freeze Bulkhead and Optimus, but some deft trickery by Bumblebee allowed him to sneak up on her and destroy the Immobilizer. She retreated back to the ''Nemesis'' where she tried to blame the loss of the Immobilizer on Starscream as well as explain why she left him behind. Unluckily for her, an enraged Megatron roared that by allowing the Decepticon second-in-command to be taken prisoner, she'd just put all Decepticon intelligence at the fingertips of the Autobots. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} Despite this, she was promoted to Second in Command during Starscream's absence. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

[[File:Tfprime Airachnid thoughts of betrayal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Who needs Starscream?]]
When the Decepticons located the last part they needed for their space bridge in a human installation, Airachnid suggested she could burrow up under it, but Megatron announced that the time for stealth was past, so she didn't. Once they secured the power source they needed, Airachnid and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] observed Megatron acting strangely and wondered if their leader was losing it. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} While the [[Decepticon Miner|miners]] gathered up [[Dark Energon]], Airachnid hung out on the bridge and watched as [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] played back [[Unicron]]'s pulse. She reported to Megatron that the hold was full, and they should think about retreating. He responded by leaving her in charge while he went to go and talk to Unicron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} Airachnid returned the ''Nemesis'' to orbit to wait. When no further word came from Megatron, she told Soundwave that Megatron might not be coming back. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|''Round One. FIGHT!!!'']]
When she called the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew to the bridge, she had deduced that Megatron, either deceased or deep within Unicron, had abandoned them, and with Earth falling into chaos, decided that they should relocate to [[Regulon Four]]. As none of the other Decepticons spoke out against her, Airachnid ordered Soundwave to set the ''Nemesis'' on course, however the silent Decepticon refused to comply. She attempted to assert her leadership by attacking him, only to discover that she was no match for Soundwave and his Minicon [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. The pair double-teamed her, and she was forced to yield when held underfoot. She subsequently decided to be elsewhere when Megatron did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Airachnid was soon back as Megatron's subordinate, though she expressed her concern about the amnesiac Optimus Prime being allowed full run of the ship. When Arcee sneaked on board The Nemesis to find Optimus, Airachnid readily volunteered to go and deal with her, even offering to offline the Autobot. However, Megatron felt that the situation needed to be dealt with more subtly, so he sent Soundwave instead. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

[[File:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Let the shipping commence!]]
Airachnid offered to employ her tracking skills in finding more artifacts, and Megatron sent her, [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Breakdown on a search mission. However, the whole mission was a ploy; her partners were under orders to terminate her for her attempts to wrest command of the Decepticons during Megatron's brief absence. Her relentless needling of Breakdown made the 'Con lose his cool and try and kill her before Dreadwing gave the order. She quickly webbed Dreadwing to a tree, leading Breakdown on a chase through the woods. Though she was damaged in the chase, she eventually caught Breakdown in a webbing trap, and promptly dismantled him. Limping away, she ran across an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] which she was able to control. Starscream, missing his [[transformation cog]], happened upon the pairing and offered a partnership. Airachnid instead sicced the Insecticon on him, hoping for another kill, but the weaselly Decepticon managed to escape. Airachnid then lured Megatron to an abandoned energon mine and set the Insecticon on him, watching the fight until she was attacked by Arcee. The Autobot pursued her as she burrowed away, but Airachnid managed to ambush her foe. She was prevented from terminating the helpless Arcee by Starscream, and instead had to flee yet again, but this fortuitously led her to stumble on a whole Insecticon hive. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

Detecting a beacon transmitting from the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid woke the Insecticon army to go eliminate Megatron. Their activity drew the attention of the Autobots, and though Airachnid sent Insecticons after them, Arcee broke away from the swarm and relentlessly pursued her nemesis into the Insecticon hive. As the two fought, Arcee managed to maneuver Airachnid onto one of the Insecticon's open stasis pods, which quickly snapped closed around her, breaking off one of her spider-legs in the process. The stasis-locked Airachnid was taken back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|the Autobot base]]... leaving Megatron suddenly in control of Airachnid's former army. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Autobots stashed her in the same place they kept the Iacon relics. When new recruit [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was given a tour of the base by Jack, they walked past the spider bot's pod, and Jack warned him that she was not the kind they wanted to mess with. {{storylink|New Recruit}} Later, when Starscream used his [[Red Energon]] to infiltrate the Autobot base and steal the [[Omega Key]]s, he came across Airachnid. Seeing her predicament answered a few of Starscream's questions about her whereabouts. {{storylink|Inside Job}} Following the destruction of the Autobot base, {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} Airachnid's stasis pod was pulled from the wreckage by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Rather than free her, they placed her stasis pod in storage on the ''Nemesis'', where Smokescreen later stumbled on it while looking for the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|If you thought she was a [[Britt|vamp]] before...]]

Airachnid was finally freed when Cylas, having been infused with a mixture of Dark and [[Synthetic Energon]], ripped open her stasis pod in an attempt to drink her energon. She managed to fight him off, terminating him in the process, and promptly retook control of the Insecticons on board the ''Nemesis''. She instructed them to destroy all of the Decepticons, however the group first encountered Soundwave, who used the space bridge to transport them all to one of Cybertron's moons. Having been infected by Cylas while fighting him (via a small scratch on her neck), Airachnid soon became an Energon-vampire herself. She then ordered the Insecticons to approach and serve their queen, as she drained their Energon. {{storylink|Thirst}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
Airachnid encountered Optimus in an Amazonian jungle and webbed him to a tree. She was ready to add his head to her collection, but a Vehicon sympathetic to Optimus knocked her aside, allowing Optimus to free himself and uppercut her into some nearby quicksand. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deadly Alliance}}}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Airachnid.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.4]]
Airachnid was among a group of evil female Transformers in one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams who attempted to kidnap him, fighting the heroic female Transformers guarding him in the process. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

===''Kre-O'' bios===
Airachnid once webbed Arcee to the floor so that [[Insecticon (WFC)#Kre-O bios|Insecticon]] could tickle her.

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Airachnid was goalie for the Decepticons in a game of soccer. She prepared to block [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s penalty kick, but it turned out to be unnecessary as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] blocked the shot first. {{storylink|Ultimate Defender}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Airachnid Kreo Comic.jpg|thumb]]

Once when Megatron was defeated in battle with [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], Airachnid took it as a chance to try to charm Prime into letting her join the winning team. Her disparaging remarks about Megatron enraged the downed Decepticon leader who fired on her, only to blast Prime instead. Faced with her angry leader, Airachnid convinced him that her attempted betrayal was all an act meant to distract Prime.

Later, while bored of cleaning the Decepticon base, Airachnid showered [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] with compliments to manipulate him into doing her job for her. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] tried to put a stop to it by telling Starscream the story of the spider's history of lying, to no avail. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!|Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} Airachnid later attended Megatron's flower-viewing party together with Starscream. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!|Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Airachnid reacted with confusion to several of Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:PrimeTheGameAirachnid.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|You've faced my Insecticons and lived, but will you survive my tinier, weaker Insecticons?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English)}}
Airachnid, ordered by Starscream to locate the Autobots who had fallen to Earth, found Arcee near a factory outside Jasper, Nevada. Her Insecticon troops were easily dispatched by Arcee. Airachnid then engaged Arcee herself. As Arcee prepared to terminate Airachnid, Jack arrived on the scene. Airachnid took advantage of Arcee's distraction, capturing Jack and flying away with him. Arcee pursued her, managing to free Jack before Airachnid escaped.

Later, Airachnid set a trap for Arcee when the latter infiltrated the ''Nemesis''. Airachnid took Arcee to the top of the ship to fight her once again. As before, Arcee emerged victorious. But before Arcee could finish Airachnid off, two Insecticons attacked. Airachnid fled while Arcee blasted the Insecticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Airachnid dueled Optimus in the skies over a desert. She boasted that she would "add [him] to the endangered species list" but her helicopter mode proved to be no match for the Autobot leader. She flew off, but returned later to aid Megatron in his own battle against Optimus. The Decepticons were trounced once more by the Autobot and fled. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Stella (AB)#As Airachnid}}
Airachnid appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and through Special Missions. She is portrayed by Stella. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:Primetoy-AirachnidRID.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Quite possibly does the meanest {{w|Robot (dance)|robot}} this side of the Milky Way.]]
[[File:Prime-toy Airachnid TakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Seems like quite a bit of effort and money just for a single, primitively-engineered chunk of plastic. And the Micron.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / number:'' '''1 / 012'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[August 25]], 2012
:*''Takara ID number'': '''AM-18'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor/triple-bladed sword, two "electro-stingers" (Hasbro only), "Ida" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Airachnid transforms into a stealth helicopter with an opening canopy. She comes with two "electro-stingers", while her rotors can detach from the base and be used as a sword. All three weapons can mount via [[5 mm post]] onto her open palms or helicopter sides/her upper arms, and the stingers each feature two pegs and a peg-hole, allowing them to peg/be pegged in different ways.

: In [[robot mode]], Airachnid has a ''severely'' limited range of [[articulation]]. Her head is unable to turn or tilt in any significant way due to her [[light-piping]] plastic being molded as the helicopter seat and being blocked by the surrounding cockpit, her hands cannot be swung down parallel to her panel arms due to a bit of the panel getting in the way, and while her legs ''were'' designed to have thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, her thigh panels and the helicopter kibble behind it block ''much'' of her leg articulation.

: Her [[stock photography]] depicts paint details on her legs and toes that were omitted on the final product.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] release, part of the sixth wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prime (Arms Micron)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prime]]'' toys, omits some of her detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. (She even comes with an extra "spiderweb" sticker for you to stick wherever it amuses you to.) She has also been slightly [[retool]]ed, giving her a pair of rocket-thrusters just under her rotor blades. Each thruster has a 5 mm post and hole as part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]]. These additional post-holes actually make it pretty easy to [http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1652.html re-create her "spider-lady" robot mode with an extra set of rotors], though the TakaraTomy version uses a darker purple plastic than the [[Hasbro]] version, meaning you need to buy two of ''either'' version unless you don't care about mismatched rotor colors. Instead of her electro-stingers, she comes with an [[Arms Micron]], [[Ida#Toys|Ida]], a spider that transforms into a bladed shield-weapon-thing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Airachnid/airachnid.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-CyberverseAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Surprisingly better articulated than her larger toy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Cyberverse Legion Class, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / number'': '''3 / 003'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor, "Nova Stinger Bow"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this version of Airachnid is a simpler, smaller-scale toy. She features [[C joint|3 mm port]]s for her hands, on her helicopter sides/robot shoulders, and underneath her cockpit, which ends up behind her robot head. Her instructions omit or gloss over ''several'' steps (mostly involving her legs), but they're fairly obvious.

: Her rotors can also detach from the base/her robot back, revealing another port, and allowing the rotors to mount elsewhere via 3 mm post. She also comes with the "Nova Stinger Bow", a crossbow which has two 3 mm ports and three posts, allowing it to be mounted in different ways. This bow, in varying colors, was also used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], [[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]], and [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Cyberverse Airachnid at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy AirachnidKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''22851 49'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand-block, 2 clip-on rifles
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: As part of the first normal wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Airachnid is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure with extra parts, which enables you to rebuild her into a spider mode.

: If you like, you can try and turn her into a helicopter with some other parts.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''1'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, 2 clip-on rifles

: In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.)

: Airachnid's torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them.

: Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''EZ Collection''===
[[File:TF-EZ-Collection-2014-EG08-Airachnid-packaging.jpg|upright=0.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (EZ Collection, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EG08'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 27]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': Bowgun, rotor

: ''Cyberverse'' Airachnid was rereleased in Japan in the first wave of the mixed-theme ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' line that ran during ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]''. There appear to be no notable differences between the two releases.
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==Notes==
*Airachnid's colors, design, and spider-like qualities are inspired by several previous characters named [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]].
*Airachnid's [[alternate mode]] doesn't really make sense: Airachnid scanned Agent Fowler's {{w|Bell 212|Bell 212 Huey}} helicopter, but she somehow ended up with a stylized {{w|Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche}} alternate mode.
*The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77892423 trademark application] for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/beast-wars-2/case-closed---goodbye-airachnid-170451/ "Case Closed – Goodbye Airachnid"]</ref>
*Deluxe Airachnid's electro-stingers are modeled after the [[Null-ray#Prime cartoon|null-ray]] Knock Out offered Starscream in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
*In the Japanese dub of ''Prime'', Airachnid's personality is completely different from her original interpretation. In the dub, she is a bubbly, giggling, high-strung chatterbox that is obsessed with collecting the heads of "handsome boys" as trophies rather than endangered creatures. Played up as something of a female {{w|Pepé Le Pew}}, she constantly swoons over Jack, calling him her "hunk", her "darling", her "cutie Jack-chan", and various other lovey-dovey remarks as she amorously pursues him (even going so far as to sing love songs to him, mid-chase). When she finally catches Jack near the end of "[[Predatory#Foreign localization|Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!]]", she even proposes marriage to him. This behaviour is probably based off the Japanese ''yandere'' trope.
** Also regarding the Japanese dub, Airachnid is played by [[Ryōka Yuzuki]], the actress who dubbed ''Beast Wars'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]] and ''Animated'' [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. As such, many of the quirks she conceived for those characters (such as a habit of making a hissing ''tshaaa—'' noise) are present. Whenever Airachnid fires her webbing, she shouts "Sticky-Sticky Attack!" (粘粘攻撃 ''Nebaneba Kōgeki'').
*''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' strongly implies that Airachnid is a member of a sub-type of Transformers known as [[Arachnicon]]s.
*''Kre-O'' Airachnid's [[instructions]] label her as a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], using the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' symbol.
* An orange and blue look-alike of Airachnid lacking spider legs appears in the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode "[[Metal Meltdown]]".

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Airachnid has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Hunter Mode''' (ハンターモード ''Hantā Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Ida, Jida, Noji
: Seen in her box-back photo, this mode is simply Airachnid brandishing the [[Lunatic Chainsaw]] Super Combo Weapon. Wheeeeeeeeeee.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airachnid''' (エアラクニッド ''Earakuniddo'')
*''Korean:'' '''Airachnid''' (에어라크니드 ''Eeolakeunideu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēiguăfù''' (黑寡妇, "Black Widow")
*''Russian:'' '''Airachnida''' (Эйрахнида)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Vampires]]

Airazor (BW)

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Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ moved KOR name up, seems to be alphabetically listed

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]
Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor''' (sometimes formerly '''Wing Saber''') is a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

She is especially close to [[Tigatron]], always trying to get him to move past his solitary instincts and spend more time with his fellow Maximals. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Toys|Basic Class Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Someday I'm gonna be voiced by an Academy Award winner!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian), [[Martine Irzenski]] (French)}}
Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:TheTrigger2-ladyshallrideatiger.jpg|upright=1|thumb|left|Hasbro's ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'']]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

[[File:CalloftheWild-AirazorRectifiercoil.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|I've found the MacGuffin podium, over.]]

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1|right|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVisits1-TigatronAirazorwillbefine.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Images that precede unfortunate events.]]

Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

Rattrap asked Tigatron where Airazor was, but more pressing matters occupied their attention. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} Notorious liar [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] claimed that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways#July 6, 2015|Ask Sideways 2015/07/06}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline.}}
{{--}}

====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
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At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}
{{--}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
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Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[unspace|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|150px|We're sorry about everything on the left.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''{{w|otokonoko}}'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]] to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}

====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}
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Airazor was a native of the planet [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

[[File:ApplicableSkills-fangsandfur.jpg|thumb|300px]]

Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (G1)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|250px|left|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

[[File:TheChosenOne AirazorNotJudged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Falcon Crest-fallen]]
Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BW)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]], comparing him to a [[wormozoid]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
The Maximals traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Airazor's function was reconnaissance, and she [[trans-scan]]ned into a falcon. Her [[photon cannon]] and razor-sharp talons were her powers and weapons, and her core traits were her resourcefulness, compassion, and steadfastness. Airazor's message from the future was that she will help guide [[Dinobot (BW)|a conflicted enemy]] towards redemption. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Airazor was part of the united Maximal-Predacon faction lead by [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. In another possible destiny, she bore witness to Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leading Cybertron to a new golden age. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Erin Ebers]] (English), [[Hinako Takahashi]] (Japanese) |[[Sandrine Mittelstädt]] (German), [[Nathalie Spitzer]] (French), [[Ana Paula Martins]] (Portuguese), [[Mar Bordallo]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Jessica Ángeles]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Bhagyashri Rao]] (Hindi)}}
{{quote|You know, there's something about ''soaring'' through the sky all day, seeing everything from a distant height, that makes one a keen observer.|Airazor, [[Kingdom episode 2]]}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep1-Airazor-falcon-spies-on-Decepticons.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
In an alternate timeline, where [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Prime]] had never recovered the [[AllSpark#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Allspark]] after casting it away from [[Cybertron_(planet)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Maximals]] and [[Predacon_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacons]] fought to survive on the dying planet. Led by [[Optimus_Primal_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Primal]], a group of Maximals left for [[Earth]] to find the lost Allspark, landing in the main timeline with a group of Predacons. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Over time, the Maximal's numbers dwindled from a full 200 to just six. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} In the present day, the Maximals encountered the [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Autobots]] and Decepticons on their similar quest. After the [[Nemesis_(G1)|''Nemesis'']] crash-landed on the planet, Airazor watched as [[Laserbeak_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Laserbeak]] exited it. She also later saw [[Megatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Megatron]] meet with his [[Megatron_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacon successor]], and reported back to [[Tigatron#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Tigatron]]. She was then shot down by Laserbeak and captured by [[Soundwave_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} She was taken back and tortured by Predacon Megatron, before being interrupted by [[Dinobot_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Dinobot]]. Megatron was called away by [[Blackarachnia_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Blackarachnia]], and Dinobot reluctantly resumed Airazor's torture. Airazor tried to appeal to Dinobot's honor and uncertainty, and succeeded in building trust, but nothing more. Airazor was then freed by [[Rattrap_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Rattrap]] and [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Mirage]] during an assault from the Autobots and Maximals. After meeting up with the rest of the attackers, Airazor revealed she had let herself get caught, and planted trackers on every bot she crossed. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

Later, a group of Autobots and Maximals led by the two leaders left to find the Allspark. Airazor provided aerial recon even after the Allspark's proximity wreaked havoc on their sensors, forcing them to search manually. After following the [[Matrix_of_Leadership#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Matrix]] for a while, a strange mist began to envelop the group, and Airazor crash-landed, her flight systems having malfunctioned. She was awoken by Dinobot, and talked to him about his conflicted feelings towards his allegiance. The pair then set off, and Airazor informed Dinobot of the presence of Soundwave and his [[Decepticon_Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. Airazor offered to support Dinobot in the upcoming fight, but was pushed away due to her injuries. Later, she saw the beacon coming from the Matrix, and rejoined the group just in time to bear witness to Dinobot's death. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}} Airazor and the rest of the group was ordered to stay behind while Prime went off to get the Allspark. While waiting, Airazor inquired why retrieving the Allspark was so important, prompting a hostile response from [[Arcee_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Arcee]]. When Arcee brought up the almost 200 Maximals who'd died during the search for the [[Golden_Disk_(Voyager)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Golden Disk]], Airazor was shocked along with the other Maximals; even more so when Optimus Primal turned out to have left. Later, the group found their way to the Allspark temple just in time to save Primal from Beast Megatron, fighting him off so Primal could gain access to the temple. The battle was stopped by a blinding light and the sight of Optimus Prime floating in the night sky. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep5-Airazor-protects-Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|300px|Transformers: War for [[Tigatron|Airazor's]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Affection]]]]
Airazor was part of the strike team led by Optimus Primal to shut down the ''Nemesis''' weapons systems. She had the job of delivering Blackarachnia to the interface, voicing her trepidations along the way. While Blackarachnia worked to shut down the weapons, Airazor defended against a squad of [[Scorponok_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Scorponoks]]. When the [[Ark_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Ark]] transformed and punched the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia fell off the ship, and Airazor swooped to save her, earning her a peck on the cheek. The both of them joined the Autobots and Maximals, as well as the imprisoned Decepticons and Predacons, in launching towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} When Megatron was freed by [[Galvatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Galvatron]], Airazor aided in attacking them, swooping in to save Tigatron. She was also present for the final battle against Galvatron and [[Nemesis_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Nemesis Prime]], and watched as spirits of the dead appeared. When the Allspark—and Cybertron—were revitalized, she joined in celebrating. Airazor was also present as the war was finally ended, under the monument to the fallen soldiers. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd-Tigatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Airazor was contained in one of the many [[stasis pod]]s on the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] that were ejected when the ship was caught in a battle with the [[Darksyde (BW)|''Darksyde'']] and left in orbit above the planet they crashed on. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} The pod was soon brought down to the surface due to sabotage carried out by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Pod Part 2}} Before she could activate, Airazor was discovered by the [[Vok]] who, using knowledge gleamed from [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], reprogrammed her to serve their interests.

As one of the "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]", Airazor was part of the group that spoke to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] about the Vok and their rapidly expiring patience towards the Cybertronian interlopers. When Optimus and Megatron managed to escape their cells, the five Children of the Vok moved to stop them. In the ensuing battle, Airazor fought Optimus Primal before the Vok arrived to end the battle. Though the Vok were initially ready to destroy Megatron, Primal convinced the aliens to allow the Maximals and Predacons a chance to unite against the Vok. {{storylink|Children of the Vok}}

When the Vok's ally [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was found out, he called on the totality of the Children of the Vok to attack the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. The battle drew the attention of the Vok who decided that all Cybertronians were too disruptive and prepared to exterminate them all before the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' destroyed the aliens. In the aftermath, Airazor joined Tigatron in a peaceful life in the wilderness, ignoring both Maximal and Predacon if the same courtesy would be extended. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Natural Couple}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|The Transformers Gather on the Snowy Mountain!|Search Quiz 2}}}}

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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)}}

Thanks to Megatron's temporal meddling, history was changed so that Airazor gained a new Transmetal form in the quantum surge. She went on to play a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric Earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about what became of their friends and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals}}
{{BW fighter ending|Airazor|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Falcon Rush
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|C-Up||Razor Dive
|-
|C-Left||Force Wing
|}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
[[File:Airazor EarthWars.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ability:''' She is airborne and smites foes every 15 secs causing 50% speed reduction for 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 secs.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:airazor Airazor at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Airazor was an optimistic Maximal scout who possessed a close relationship with Tigatron. After being abducted by the Vok, Tigatron and Airazor were fused together into the powerful but unpredictable Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy AirazorBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sharper than a cyber-razor cut!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Basic Class, [[1997]] / [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-10'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Photon cannon]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak and swing-out wings. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual rather than spring-loaded, and therefore a bit more complex. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out "cyber-blade", giving her a pincer-attack when used with the wing flappy-flappy. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing "photon cannon" that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

: There is an ''exceedingly'' minor [[retool]]ing variant of this toy, where later releases added small grooves to the inside of the falcon-mode head, allowing for easier installation of the lower beak.

: Airazor was released in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]], in the fifth wave of product in January 1998. Near as can be told, this release is identical to the Hasbro release, except (of course) for packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Ōzora no Taiketsu: Airrazor vs Kuwagiger''' (VS pack, January [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: In Japan, Airazor was also available in a "Heaven Showdown" (大空の対決) Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)#Toy|Kuwagiger]].

: Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Photon cannon"

:The original Airazor toy was re-released in the [[Transmetal]]s/[[Fuzor]]-themed third year of ''Beast Wars'', this time in a similar-but-darker deco, packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry. This toy is somewhat notorious for having ''extremely'' weak ankle joints.

: This pack was released at general retail as its own wave alongside a redecoed and VHS-came-with [[Razorclaw (BW)#video|Razorclaw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking at a first here.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-45'''
:*''Takara release date'': September 1999
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the third wave of Hasbro [[Transmetal]] Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a semi-organic robot into a wholly-mechanical falcon. She has a third "seaplane" mode, a variant of her beast mode, with fold-down pontoons and exposed thruster engines. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around her torso as a "shield" mode.

: Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Takara version of this toy, released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 .28Beast Wars Metals.29|Beast Wars Metals]]'' product, has more orange-tinted yellow plastics, and the pearlescent whites are more translucent white. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on the Hasbro version's chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The Takara version's chrome is also far less prone to flaking than the Hasbro version.

: She holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] toy that was actually designed to be female from the start.

: A popular "fan mode" of the toy has the pontoons raised over her shoulders in robot mode, with the support struts pointing forward like cannons, giving her some ranged weaponry.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, September 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': September ?? 1999
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, Metals Airazor was available both as an individual and in a "Heatwave Showdown" (陽炎の対決) two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)#VS45|Quickstrike]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor FKTM.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor Earth'''

:Part of the third wave of the final year of the ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her darker and more desaturated tones of the same colors.

:This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]], under the name "Metals Airazor Earth", along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#FKTM|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FKTM|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 26]] 2007
:*''Accessories'': Missile
:*''Known designers'': [[Joe Moore]] (concept artist)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=After the show, Airazor was offered as a club exclusive. That was one I proposed, but the original concept photoshop has been lost to time. I was really happy with how well Energon Slugslinger worked here. Here's the production figure.|link=https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331|site=Twitter|name=Joe Moore|year=2021|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

: The second members-only [[exclusive]] to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)#Toys|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Twin-cockpit jet|Cybertronic twin-cockpit VTOL jet]]. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331 Designer commentary on Airazor from Joe Moore on Twitter]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 7]] 2016
:*''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted "photon cannons"

: Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' [[Windblade (G1)#Toys|Windblade]], transforming into a VTOL fighter jet of made-up model. She comes with two "photon cannons" that clip on her arms in a different orientations in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin.

: Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

: This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Airazor.jpg|300px|thumb|Hahaha! Miiiiiighty Eaaaagle!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K14'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-09'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 26]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': 2 "[[Photon rifle|Photon Blasters]]"<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-deluxe-wfc-k14-airazor Hasbro Pulse] description states "Comes with 2 Photon Blaster accessories that attach to figure's wrists."</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Dennis Chan]] (sculptor), [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon-accurate robot (albeit with a much lighter stony-brown plumage than the show's super-dark-brown) into a (fairly) realistic peregrine falcon. Said beast mode is more posable than it has ever been with past toys, with multiple joints in her wings, legs, and head, including an opening beak. She includes two weapons based on the arm-mounted talon missiles she used in the cartoon, which can also be held in her hands, mounted on her forearms or mounted on hips (like holsters) via [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]]. The hip-ports double as rear storage on her beast mode.

: The multi-hinged segments in the middle of Airazor's wings are prone to developing stress marks if excessive force is used. Most notably this can happen when unfolding her wings from the packaging, as they are folded in a reverse manner contrary to the hinge design in order to fit them into the cardboard insert. Please take extra care unfolding them the first time.

: Much like most of the toyline, Airazor comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for her wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character.

: Airazor's stock photography depicts an additional robot mode, with an extended torso, open wings, folded-down shoulder pads, and her falcon head and robot head switching places. Silly. The renders on her packaging also feature an inconsistency; the render of her robot mode showcases a Maximal sigil on the chest/the neck of her Falcon mode's head, which is absent in the actual falcon mode's render and the figure itself. The final product places the Maximal sigil on the right forearm.

: Airazor was [[retool]]ed with a new head to make ''Kingdom'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]], who also served as the model for the comic character [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]]. The mold was also differently and heavily retooled as [[Terrorsaur (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Terrorsaur]] for the ''Golden Disk Collection'', and its transformation engineering was later reused for ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]].

:According to ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' toyline lead designer [[Mark Maher]], select elements of Airazor's sculptwork along with that of ''Kingdom'' [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]] were recycled ([[Fuzor|fused]], one might say,) via the magic of digital toy design into ''Legacy'' [[Tigerhawk#Legacy|Tigerhawk]] for fairly self-evident reasons.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}

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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Again-JP-BWVS-07-Airazor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Chūshin no Taiketsu''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[February 24]], 2024
:*''Accessories'': 2 guns
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, the "Loyal Retainer Showdown" (忠臣の対決) set contains Airazor and [[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Inferno]]. Airazor is a redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Airazor]] in more cartoon-accurate colors.
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Jada Toys===
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsSeries2G1BW-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 2 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing <s>squats</s> an action pose. She has a little base attached to her feet for balancing reasons.

:She is marketed as an Autobot instead of a Maximal and comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].

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*'''Transformers Series 3 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2023)
:''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor was re-released with no noticeable changes in ''another'' impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].
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==Notes==
*The website of Canadian TV channel [[YTV]], on which ''Beast Wars'' was broadcast, contained character profiles for the cast. Airazor's profile stated that, due to the circumstances of her creation, she considered Rhinox an "uncle" figure, and looked upon Cheetor as a sibling. These relationships would be reiterated in her profile in IDW's ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]],'' but were never actually reflected in the characters' interactions in the show itself.
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*A number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor are: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.

===Gender===
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|175px||thumb|[[tvtropes:Main/ShesAManInJapan|She's a man in Japan]]]]
Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy was not developed with a specific gender in mind, and they wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have feminine pronouns. The later Transmetal version of Airazor is the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters are believed to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke "fun" at Airazor's gender bending from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute; however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same humor is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who is portrayed as a flamboyant gay male in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a crossdresser in the ''Legends'' manga. This is apparently supposed to be "funny".
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aeroblade"), '''Serdacier''' (French cartoon dub and Transmetal)<ref>Dervied from ''serres d'acier'' ("steel talons").</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Légszelő''' (''Kingdom'' sub, "Airslicer")
*''Korean:'' '''Airazor''' (에어레이저 ''Eeoleijeo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Cuchilla''' (Latin American toy, "Razor Blade"), '''Aguila''' (Latin American cartoon dub, "Eagle")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|IDW continuity robot mode
File:WFC-Kingdom-Airazor-art.jpg|''Kingdom'' package art
</gallery>

==References==
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Airazor (BW)

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]
Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor''' (sometimes formerly '''Wing Saber''') is a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

She is especially close to [[Tigatron]], always trying to get him to move past his solitary instincts and spend more time with his fellow Maximals. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Toys|Basic Class Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Someday I'm gonna be voiced by an Academy Award winner!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian), [[Martine Irzenski]] (French)}}
Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:TheTrigger2-ladyshallrideatiger.jpg|upright=1|thumb|left|Hasbro's ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'']]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

[[File:CalloftheWild-AirazorRectifiercoil.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|I've found the MacGuffin podium, over.]]

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1|right|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVisits1-TigatronAirazorwillbefine.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Images that precede unfortunate events.]]

Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

Rattrap asked Tigatron where Airazor was, but more pressing matters occupied their attention. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} Notorious liar [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] claimed that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways#July 6, 2015|Ask Sideways 2015/07/06}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
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At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}
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====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
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Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[unspace|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|150px|We're sorry about everything on the left.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''{{w|otokonoko}}'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]] to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}

====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}
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Airazor was a native of the planet [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

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Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (G1)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|250px|left|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

[[File:TheChosenOne AirazorNotJudged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Falcon Crest-fallen]]
Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BW)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Derailment Parliament.jpg|thumb|left]]

Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]], comparing him to a [[wormozoid]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
The Maximals traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Airazor's function was reconnaissance, and she [[trans-scan]]ned into a falcon. Her [[photon cannon]] and razor-sharp talons were her powers and weapons, and her core traits were her resourcefulness, compassion, and steadfastness. Airazor's message from the future was that she will help guide [[Dinobot (BW)|a conflicted enemy]] towards redemption. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Airazor was part of the united Maximal-Predacon faction lead by [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. In another possible destiny, she bore witness to Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leading Cybertron to a new golden age. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Erin Ebers]] (English), [[Hinako Takahashi]] (Japanese) |[[Sandrine Mittelstädt]] (German), [[Nathalie Spitzer]] (French), [[Ana Paula Martins]] (Portuguese), [[Mar Bordallo]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Jessica Ángeles]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Bhagyashri Rao]] (Hindi)}}
{{quote|You know, there's something about ''soaring'' through the sky all day, seeing everything from a distant height, that makes one a keen observer.|Airazor, [[Kingdom episode 2]]}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep1-Airazor-falcon-spies-on-Decepticons.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
In an alternate timeline, where [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Prime]] had never recovered the [[AllSpark#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Allspark]] after casting it away from [[Cybertron_(planet)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Maximals]] and [[Predacon_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacons]] fought to survive on the dying planet. Led by [[Optimus_Primal_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Primal]], a group of Maximals left for [[Earth]] to find the lost Allspark, landing in the main timeline with a group of Predacons. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Over time, the Maximal's numbers dwindled from a full 200 to just six. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} In the present day, the Maximals encountered the [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Autobots]] and Decepticons on their similar quest. After the [[Nemesis_(G1)|''Nemesis'']] crash-landed on the planet, Airazor watched as [[Laserbeak_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Laserbeak]] exited it. She also later saw [[Megatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Megatron]] meet with his [[Megatron_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacon successor]], and reported back to [[Tigatron#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Tigatron]]. She was then shot down by Laserbeak and captured by [[Soundwave_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} She was taken back and tortured by Predacon Megatron, before being interrupted by [[Dinobot_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Dinobot]]. Megatron was called away by [[Blackarachnia_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Blackarachnia]], and Dinobot reluctantly resumed Airazor's torture. Airazor tried to appeal to Dinobot's honor and uncertainty, and succeeded in building trust, but nothing more. Airazor was then freed by [[Rattrap_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Rattrap]] and [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Mirage]] during an assault from the Autobots and Maximals. After meeting up with the rest of the attackers, Airazor revealed she had let herself get caught, and planted trackers on every bot she crossed. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

Later, a group of Autobots and Maximals led by the two leaders left to find the Allspark. Airazor provided aerial recon even after the Allspark's proximity wreaked havoc on their sensors, forcing them to search manually. After following the [[Matrix_of_Leadership#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Matrix]] for a while, a strange mist began to envelop the group, and Airazor crash-landed, her flight systems having malfunctioned. She was awoken by Dinobot, and talked to him about his conflicted feelings towards his allegiance. The pair then set off, and Airazor informed Dinobot of the presence of Soundwave and his [[Decepticon_Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. Airazor offered to support Dinobot in the upcoming fight, but was pushed away due to her injuries. Later, she saw the beacon coming from the Matrix, and rejoined the group just in time to bear witness to Dinobot's death. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}} Airazor and the rest of the group was ordered to stay behind while Prime went off to get the Allspark. While waiting, Airazor inquired why retrieving the Allspark was so important, prompting a hostile response from [[Arcee_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Arcee]]. When Arcee brought up the almost 200 Maximals who'd died during the search for the [[Golden_Disk_(Voyager)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Golden Disk]], Airazor was shocked along with the other Maximals; even more so when Optimus Primal turned out to have left. Later, the group found their way to the Allspark temple just in time to save Primal from Beast Megatron, fighting him off so Primal could gain access to the temple. The battle was stopped by a blinding light and the sight of Optimus Prime floating in the night sky. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep5-Airazor-protects-Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|300px|Transformers: War for [[Tigatron|Airazor's]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Affection]]]]
Airazor was part of the strike team led by Optimus Primal to shut down the ''Nemesis''' weapons systems. She had the job of delivering Blackarachnia to the interface, voicing her trepidations along the way. While Blackarachnia worked to shut down the weapons, Airazor defended against a squad of [[Scorponok_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Scorponoks]]. When the [[Ark_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Ark]] transformed and punched the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia fell off the ship, and Airazor swooped to save her, earning her a peck on the cheek. The both of them joined the Autobots and Maximals, as well as the imprisoned Decepticons and Predacons, in launching towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} When Megatron was freed by [[Galvatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Galvatron]], Airazor aided in attacking them, swooping in to save Tigatron. She was also present for the final battle against Galvatron and [[Nemesis_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Nemesis Prime]], and watched as spirits of the dead appeared. When the Allspark—and Cybertron—were revitalized, she joined in celebrating. Airazor was also present as the war was finally ended, under the monument to the fallen soldiers. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd-Tigatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Airazor was contained in one of the many [[stasis pod]]s on the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] that were ejected when the ship was caught in a battle with the [[Darksyde (BW)|''Darksyde'']] and left in orbit above the planet they crashed on. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} The pod was soon brought down to the surface due to sabotage carried out by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Pod Part 2}} Before she could activate, Airazor was discovered by the [[Vok]] who, using knowledge gleamed from [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], reprogrammed her to serve their interests.

As one of the "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]", Airazor was part of the group that spoke to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] about the Vok and their rapidly expiring patience towards the Cybertronian interlopers. When Optimus and Megatron managed to escape their cells, the five Children of the Vok moved to stop them. In the ensuing battle, Airazor fought Optimus Primal before the Vok arrived to end the battle. Though the Vok were initially ready to destroy Megatron, Primal convinced the aliens to allow the Maximals and Predacons a chance to unite against the Vok. {{storylink|Children of the Vok}}

When the Vok's ally [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was found out, he called on the totality of the Children of the Vok to attack the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. The battle drew the attention of the Vok who decided that all Cybertronians were too disruptive and prepared to exterminate them all before the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' destroyed the aliens. In the aftermath, Airazor joined Tigatron in a peaceful life in the wilderness, ignoring both Maximal and Predacon if the same courtesy would be extended. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Natural Couple}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|The Transformers Gather on the Snowy Mountain!|Search Quiz 2}}}}

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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)}}

Thanks to Megatron's temporal meddling, history was changed so that Airazor gained a new Transmetal form in the quantum surge. She went on to play a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric Earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about what became of their friends and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals}}
{{BW fighter ending|Airazor|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Falcon Rush
|-
|C-Up||Razor Dive
|-
|C-Left||Force Wing
|}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
[[File:Airazor EarthWars.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ability:''' She is airborne and smites foes every 15 secs causing 50% speed reduction for 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 secs.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:airazor Airazor at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Airazor was an optimistic Maximal scout who possessed a close relationship with Tigatron. After being abducted by the Vok, Tigatron and Airazor were fused together into the powerful but unpredictable Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy AirazorBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sharper than a cyber-razor cut!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Basic Class, [[1997]] / [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-10'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Photon cannon]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak and swing-out wings. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual rather than spring-loaded, and therefore a bit more complex. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out "cyber-blade", giving her a pincer-attack when used with the wing flappy-flappy. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing "photon cannon" that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

: There is an ''exceedingly'' minor [[retool]]ing variant of this toy, where later releases added small grooves to the inside of the falcon-mode head, allowing for easier installation of the lower beak.

: Airazor was released in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]], in the fifth wave of product in January 1998. Near as can be told, this release is identical to the Hasbro release, except (of course) for packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Ōzora no Taiketsu: Airrazor vs Kuwagiger''' (VS pack, January [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: In Japan, Airazor was also available in a "Heaven Showdown" (大空の対決) Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)#Toy|Kuwagiger]].

: Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Photon cannon"

:The original Airazor toy was re-released in the [[Transmetal]]s/[[Fuzor]]-themed third year of ''Beast Wars'', this time in a similar-but-darker deco, packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry. This toy is somewhat notorious for having ''extremely'' weak ankle joints.

: This pack was released at general retail as its own wave alongside a redecoed and VHS-came-with [[Razorclaw (BW)#video|Razorclaw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking at a first here.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-45'''
:*''Takara release date'': September 1999
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the third wave of Hasbro [[Transmetal]] Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a semi-organic robot into a wholly-mechanical falcon. She has a third "seaplane" mode, a variant of her beast mode, with fold-down pontoons and exposed thruster engines. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around her torso as a "shield" mode.

: Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Takara version of this toy, released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 .28Beast Wars Metals.29|Beast Wars Metals]]'' product, has more orange-tinted yellow plastics, and the pearlescent whites are more translucent white. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on the Hasbro version's chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The Takara version's chrome is also far less prone to flaking than the Hasbro version.

: She holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] toy that was actually designed to be female from the start.

: A popular "fan mode" of the toy has the pontoons raised over her shoulders in robot mode, with the support struts pointing forward like cannons, giving her some ranged weaponry.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, September 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': September ?? 1999
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, Metals Airazor was available both as an individual and in a "Heatwave Showdown" (陽炎の対決) two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)#VS45|Quickstrike]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor FKTM.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor Earth'''

:Part of the third wave of the final year of the ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her darker and more desaturated tones of the same colors.

:This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]], under the name "Metals Airazor Earth", along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#FKTM|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FKTM|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 26]] 2007
:*''Accessories'': Missile
:*''Known designers'': [[Joe Moore]] (concept artist)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=After the show, Airazor was offered as a club exclusive. That was one I proposed, but the original concept photoshop has been lost to time. I was really happy with how well Energon Slugslinger worked here. Here's the production figure.|link=https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331|site=Twitter|name=Joe Moore|year=2021|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

: The second members-only [[exclusive]] to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)#Toys|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Twin-cockpit jet|Cybertronic twin-cockpit VTOL jet]]. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331 Designer commentary on Airazor from Joe Moore on Twitter]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 7]] 2016
:*''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted "photon cannons"

: Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' [[Windblade (G1)#Toys|Windblade]], transforming into a VTOL fighter jet of made-up model. She comes with two "photon cannons" that clip on her arms in a different orientations in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin.

: Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

: This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Airazor.jpg|300px|thumb|Hahaha! Miiiiiighty Eaaaagle!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K14'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-09'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 26]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': 2 "[[Photon rifle|Photon Blasters]]"<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-deluxe-wfc-k14-airazor Hasbro Pulse] description states "Comes with 2 Photon Blaster accessories that attach to figure's wrists."</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Dennis Chan]] (sculptor), [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon-accurate robot (albeit with a much lighter stony-brown plumage than the show's super-dark-brown) into a (fairly) realistic peregrine falcon. Said beast mode is more posable than it has ever been with past toys, with multiple joints in her wings, legs, and head, including an opening beak. She includes two weapons based on the arm-mounted talon missiles she used in the cartoon, which can also be held in her hands, mounted on her forearms or mounted on hips (like holsters) via [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]]. The hip-ports double as rear storage on her beast mode.

: The multi-hinged segments in the middle of Airazor's wings are prone to developing stress marks if excessive force is used. Most notably this can happen when unfolding her wings from the packaging, as they are folded in a reverse manner contrary to the hinge design in order to fit them into the cardboard insert. Please take extra care unfolding them the first time.

: Much like most of the toyline, Airazor comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for her wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character.

: Airazor's stock photography depicts an additional robot mode, with an extended torso, open wings, folded-down shoulder pads, and her falcon head and robot head switching places. Silly. The renders on her packaging also feature an inconsistency; the render of her robot mode showcases a Maximal sigil on the chest/the neck of her Falcon mode's head, which is absent in the actual falcon mode's render and the figure itself. The final product places the Maximal sigil on the right forearm.

: Airazor was [[retool]]ed with a new head to make ''Kingdom'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]], who also served as the model for the comic character [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]]. The mold was also differently and heavily retooled as [[Terrorsaur (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Terrorsaur]] for the ''Golden Disk Collection'', and its transformation engineering was later reused for ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]].

:According to ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' toyline lead designer [[Mark Maher]], select elements of Airazor's sculptwork along with that of ''Kingdom'' [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]] were recycled ([[Fuzor|fused]], one might say,) via the magic of digital toy design into ''Legacy'' [[Tigerhawk#Legacy|Tigerhawk]] for fairly self-evident reasons.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}

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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Again-JP-BWVS-07-Airazor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Chūshin no Taiketsu''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[February 24]], 2024
:*''Accessories'': 2 guns
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, the "Loyal Retainer Showdown" (忠臣の対決) set contains Airazor and [[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Inferno]]. Airazor is a redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Airazor]] in more cartoon-accurate colors.
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Jada Toys===
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsSeries2G1BW-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 2 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing <s>squats</s> an action pose. She has a little base attached to her feet for balancing reasons.

:She is marketed as an Autobot instead of a Maximal and comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].

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*'''Transformers Series 3 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2023)
:''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor was re-released with no noticeable changes in ''another'' impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].
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==Notes==
*The website of Canadian TV channel [[YTV]], on which ''Beast Wars'' was broadcast, contained character profiles for the cast. Airazor's profile stated that, due to the circumstances of her creation, she considered Rhinox an "uncle" figure, and looked upon Cheetor as a sibling. These relationships would be reiterated in her profile in IDW's ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]],'' but were never actually reflected in the characters' interactions in the show itself.
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*A number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor are: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.

===Gender===
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|175px||thumb|[[tvtropes:Main/ShesAManInJapan|She's a man in Japan]]]]
Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy was not developed with a specific gender in mind, and they wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have feminine pronouns. The later Transmetal version of Airazor is the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters are believed to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke "fun" at Airazor's gender bending from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute; however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same humor is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who is portrayed as a flamboyant gay male in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a crossdresser in the ''Legends'' manga. This is apparently supposed to be "funny".
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aeroblade"), '''Serdacier''' (French cartoon dub and Transmetal)<ref>Dervied from ''serres d'acier'' ("steel talons").</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Légszelő''' (''Kingdom'' sub, "Airslicer")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Cuchilla''' (Latin American toy, "Razor Blade"), '''Aguila''' (Latin American cartoon dub, "Eagle")
*''Korean:'' '''Airazor''' (에어레이저 ''Eeoleijeo'')

==Gallery==
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File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|IDW continuity robot mode
File:WFC-Kingdom-Airazor-art.jpg|''Kingdom'' package art
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==References==
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Airazor (BW)

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{{disambigm|Airazor (disambiguation)|Wing Saber (disambiguation)}}
:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Ladyfalcon'' just doesn't have the same ring.]]
Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial [[alternate mode]], '''Airazor''' (sometimes formerly '''Wing Saber''') is a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

She is especially close to [[Tigatron]], always trying to get him to move past his solitary instincts and spend more time with his fellow Maximals. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

{{bigquote|She stoops to conquer!|Airazor|"[[Call of the Wild]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Airazor was an "aerial reconnaissance expert" who could spot Predacon activity from 30,000 feet above. With her internal radar transmitters, Airazor could relay information to her Maximal comrades, including 3D "virtual reality maps" that pinpointed enemy locations. In terms of offense, she possessed [[cyberblade]]s and a [[photon cannon]]. However, her preferred method of attacking was slashing with her titanium-plated talons in beast mode. {{storylink|#Toys|Basic Class Airazor bio}}

With her [[Transmetal]] body after the [[quantum surge]], Airazor had become a warrior that inspired absolute fear in the Predacons, thanks to her deadly armor-ripping talons. Her post had been adjusted to sea reconnaissance, in light of her vehicle mode. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetal Airazor Bio}}

After becoming a [[Transmetal|Metals]], Airazor's power surged! Airazor's dominion of the air became second to none, but the air warrior still preferred to avoid violence when possible. {{storylink|#TM1|Metals Airazor}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:The Spark Airazor.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Someday I'm gonna be voiced by an Academy Award winner!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)|[[Liu Li]] (Chinese), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese), [[Rebeca Manriquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Olga Cano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Caterina Rochira]] (Italian), [[Martine Irzenski]] (French)}}
Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his [[locking chip]] to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. Her aerial [[beast mode]], at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:TheTrigger2-ladyshallrideatiger.jpg|upright=1|thumb|left|Hasbro's ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'']]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind, and the pair worked together to avoid and overcome the island's traps. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Airazor and Tigatron took turns helping each other, but once again, Tigatron insisted that he work alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because after he tracked down [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and destroyed the stasis pod, Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

[[File:CalloftheWild-AirazorRectifiercoil.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|I've found the MacGuffin podium, over.]]

During a Predacon attack on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Airazor saved Optimus from plunging to his doom, but was herself so badly damaged she had to spend several days in the [[CR chamber]]. She emerged to find that the other Maximals had succumbed to their beast instincts through having to stay in beast mode constantly, as a result of the Predacons stealing the ship's [[rectifier coil]]. While Tigatron helped the Maximals, Airazor was able to infiltrate the largely deserted Predacon base and retrieve the rectifier coil. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

After the Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons, aided by a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Airazor alerted Tigatron to the situation. The pair joined in a ploy to retake their base, which involved an assault on the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' under Starscream's leadership. {{storylink|Possession}} Airazor was part of the reinforcements provided when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] were trying to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox was afflicted with. For some reason she felt the need to pose provocatively by Optimus's leg as the Maximals appeared on the scene. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

[[File:BeforetheStorm Airazor dropping off Rattrap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|If you barf, you're walking home.]]
After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak Rattrap into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

[[File:Airazoraftermath.jpg|upright=1|right|thumb]]
The aliens arrived and a new [[Bio-Dome|alien structure]] was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. Rattrap dragged her from the structure, only for them to find themselves at gunpoint — the truce was over. The pair were able to use the activation of the structure's "termination sequence" to deal with the Predacons, before fleeing with the escaping Optimus. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} As one of the planet's moons was revealed as an [[Planet Buster|alien weapon]], the Maximals retreated to their base. There, Airazor and Rattrap caught [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] working on a stasis pod in the ship's hold, and Optimus was able to use it to destroy the Planet Buster, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:OtherVisits1-TigatronAirazorwillbefine.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Images that precede unfortunate events.]]

Airazor and Tigatron escaped [[Transmetal]]ization by the [[quantum surge]]. They attempted to stop Blackarachnia escaping, but were both knocked offline by Megatron. {{storylink|Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath}} After repairs, the duo left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, and loudly protested the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[File:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Know that I am [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]! Well, part of him. From another universe. It's complicated.]]

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], when they were merged into the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars were causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. Tarantulas managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were an amalgam of Tigatron and Airazor's. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====3H comics====
[[File:Groundzero-airazorbeastmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Ground Zero}}

[[File:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]
After the Beast Wars were over, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airazor and Tigatron. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn II}}

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, which knocked her out of the air. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically wounded Primal Prime back to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the ''Ark'' was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

Rattrap asked Tigatron where Airazor was, but more pressing matters occupied their attention. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} Notorious liar [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] claimed that, as part of a long con, he saved her life by bonding her back into Tigatron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Sideways#July 6, 2015|Ask Sideways 2015/07/06}}

{{note|Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn" was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|Wreckers]]'' storyline.}}
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====Razorclaw continuity====
In one splinter timeline of [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s stasis pod landed far from the ''Axalon'', and without the aid of Silverbolt, Megatron slaughtered the Maximals. Left as the sole survivors, Tigatron and Airazor were then abducted by the Vok and then dispatched as Tigerhawk to end Megatron's machinations which threatened the Vok. Tigerhawk slew Megatron, but in the ensuing [[timestorm]] destroyed the universe anyway. Subsequently, [[Unicron]] abducted Tigerhawk to become one of his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]] generals. The renamed [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] became one of Unicron's most feared Heralds; however, the noble influence of Tigatron and Airazor at times posed a problem for the evil Razorclaw. {{storylink|Abduction|Razorclaw's profile}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
[[File:Dawn-of-Predacus-Airazor-midbattle.jpg|thumb|]]
At the tail-end of the Great War, both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] met their demise on the battlefield. In response, the [[Primal Council]] sought to broker peace negotiations with their enemies, enlisting Tigatron to this end. The 'bot who would one day call herself "Airazor" was one of the many soldiers tasked with guarding the Autobot peace officer as he headed into enemy camps on his mission.

Unfortunately, the first camp the group made contact with was headed by a renegade soldier going by the name "[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]". Rejecting the talk of peace outright, Megatron unleashed [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] onto his visitors, along with the other units under his command. "Airazor" was accosted by [[Waspinator (BW)|two]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|fliers]], though she quickly defeated them both before rescuing Tigatron from Predaking. As the rest of the Autobots with them were slain, Tigatron argued with his rescuer over which one of them should head off to warn the Council of Megatron's incoming attack. Convincing him that she didn't need rescuing herself, and promising that she'd see him again someday, "Airazor" sent Tigatron on his way. But she stood little chance against Predaking by herself, and soon found herself in the giant's grip. Before Predaking could finish her off, [[transmatter]] started raining down on the battlefield, converting whoever it touched into a protoform. "Airazor" was one of the many affected by the transmatter, though her form was retrieved and safely stored within a stasis pod after hostilities had ended between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed the timestream, he witnessed several key moments in the Beast Wars. Among them was Airazor being helped up by a concerned Tigatron. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok then proceeded in bestowing upon Airazor a new Transmetal form utilizing a blank protoform. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}
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====''Timelines''====
[[File:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|thumb|Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.]]

Her name was Wing Saber. A routine reconnaissance mission went awry when Wing Saber was captured by the Predacon torturer, [[Steelgrave]]. Despite his array of fiendish devices and Bond-villain mentality, Wing Saber was able to elude Steelgrave and fight her way through his henchmen before retreating to her cloaked starship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. Although she escaped, Wing Saber bore the physical and mental scars from her encounter with Steelgrave for some time.

Later, she was assigned to rendezvous with a pair of Maximals named [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] and [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] for a new mission. In violation of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], a group of Predacons had been rampaging through the [[J'kozian sector]] and set up a troop manufacturing factory on the conquered world of [[Nibari]]. Holographically posing as barmaids, the trio inebriated most of Steelgrave's troops into stasis lock before proceeding into the factory. Their infiltration was cut short by a raid on the factory by the native Nibari population, led by [[Ritash]]. Wing Saber's group was forced to divert their mission in order to keep the organics from being completely slaughtered. They were actually doing well...at least, until the true leader of Steelgrave's Predacons made his presence known... '''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''!

Wing Saber's crew evacuated with all due haste, taking Ritash of the Nibari with them. A reassessment of the situation was clearly called for. After a review of the history records, Wing Saber decided that the frequent quotations of "No Known Weaknesses" overlooked Megatron's infamous arrogance, and THAT was what they needed to exploit. The crew of the ''Chromia 10'' challenged Megatron to combat in full view of his subordinates, forcing him to agree in order to save face. During the ritualized combat, Crossblades noticed that the Mighty Megatron was nowhere near as invulnerable as history records indicated. Sensing a ruse, the Maximals concentrated their firepower and revealed "Megatron" was little more than an exo-suit run by his ex-lieutenant, [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]. With Flamewar revealed, and the drone troopers brought under the control of Ritash and his rebels, Nibari was well on its way to being freed.{{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

[[File:Trazorsedge prologue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|"I'm gonna deck you in the schnoz!"]]

Later, the Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] on Cybertron were being pursued by [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] to commandeer transport. Wing Saber was boarding the ''Chromia 10'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. Wing Saber at first refused, but suggested she was open to... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over the ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

The ''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and guarded by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|mysterious third ship]]. During the ensuing firefight, the ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] had Wing Saber and Unit 2's [[spark]]s remotely [[Spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the Axalon's cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after Airazor was reborn on [[Earth]], she foiled a Predacon plot to launch an orbital platform despite Megatron's best efforts. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
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Following the [[Quantum surge]], Airazor became a [[Transmetal]]. However, she was separated from the rest of the [[Maximal]]s and was locked outside of their base during [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]'s counterattack. As she flew in, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses began to fire at her. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] attempted to shut Sentinel down, only to be stopped by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], who warned him that Sentinel was the only thing protecting them from Quickstrike's [[Cobra Corps]] and [[Scorpion Corps]]. Rhinox brushed him aside and shut Sentinel down, anyway. Airazor, who had been shot by Sentinel, swooped in for a crash-landing. Rattrap, feeling somewhat guilty, dove to soften her landing. Not long after this, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] breached their defenses and took out both Rattrap and Airazor without effort. Rhinox saved her some time and appeared to shoot himself in the head. Feeling her job was done, Blackarachnia left as Quickstrike destroyed their base.

From a small section of the base that had been protected by a forcefield, Airazor aided Rattrap and Rhinox in pulling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s [[spark]] from [[unspace|transwarp space]]. As Rhinox brought his spark out from oblivion, Rattrap funneled it through a ray device while Airazor positioned a reflective dish. Primal's spark bounced off the dish and connected with his body (which was being held by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] at his base, the ''[[Hindenburg]]''), resurrecting him as a Transmetal. Airazor, still injured from before, began to plummet to the ground. Primal rescued her, destroyed Megatron's drone army, and carried her off on his flying surfboard. Recovering, Airazor began to wonder where her "[[Tigatron]]-sama" was. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}}

Airazor next accompanied Rattrap and Optimus in investigating the remains of the ''Axalon''. She was attacked by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], but escaped. Following Primal's orders, she and Rattrap used the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapons to ignite undersea volcanoes that blasted Rampage into the sky. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Later, she decided to search for Tigatron on her own. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}} She soon found him, but his mind had been taken over by Tarantulas. She linked her mind with Tigatron's and, after defeating Tarantulas in cyberspace, was able to free Tigatron's consciousness. Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough, and Tigatron's mind-controlled body delivered a fatal blow that killed her. Seeing what he'd done, Tigatron held her in his arms and wept with grief. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 4|Beast Wars Metals #4}}

Tigatron eventually committed ritual suicide over what he'd done, only to be revived by the energies of the sparks released by the obliterated Rampage. Airazor was also among the revived, but as a mindless zombie. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}} She did battle with Tigatron, who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the zombie-Airazor struck him with the [[sword]], Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyberspace, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 6|Beast Wars Metals #6}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. When one of the archeologists, [[Jessica Theist]], later touched one of the markings, she was bestowed a vision of the Maximals' and Predacons' battles. Among them, she noted a "falcon." {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Airazorwhitheredhope.jpg|thumb|How Robin would have looked in Batman Beyond...]]

Airazor, sporting a purely Cybertronian form, became a resident of [[Axiom Nexus]] at an unknown point in time and the timelines. She joined the offworlders' [[Freelance Police Legion]] and also forged ties with their parallel organization, the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] run by the planet's native Cybertronians, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. Airazor eventually received authorization as an inspector in the Security Administration, giving her the rare (if not ''unique'') status as an officer for BOTH police forces in Axiom Nexus. Despite her official status, Airazor still enjoyed her vices, and was a frequent customer of the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] at the edge of the [[Heap]].

Airazor was involved in the first detaining of [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], after the assassination of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] sent Axiom Nexus into chaos. She and [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]] stood guard over the duo while awaiting [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]'s arrival. As is often the case with femmes, she had absolutely no tolerance for Jackpot's sweet-talk. Upon his arrival, Cheetor dismissed Airazor to keep an eye on three "[[Transcendent|units of interest]]" who had recently come through Processing Central. He casually suggested she recruit some Freelancers as well to keep the surveillance less official, since it was technically out of their jurisdiction. Her departure served a double purpose, leaving a viable exit for the lowtech Autobots to flee and draw out the ''real'' assassin for the Security Administration. Once [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] and his shell were deactivated, Airazor swooped in and took Jackpot into custody again immediately. Despite his claims of having found a real connection, she was thrilled when Commander Cheetor expedited his deportation to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe]] similar to his home universe. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Shortly after her promotion to Inspector Airazor, the Maximal had occasion to drop in on her old friend [[Crystal Widow]] at the Widow's Cafe. It was hardly a social call, however, as Security Administration had been requisitioned by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]] to conduct a serious investigation into some courier murders and the theft of unauthorized TransTech technology. One of Crystal Widow's regulars, [[Escargon]], had been pegged for the matter. Airazor tried to execute a quiet arrest, but General Demolishor's attention span and flair for the dramatic turned it into a decidedly UNquiet raid of the premises. Demolishor also executed Escargon on the spot while Airazor was attempting to gain control of the suspect.

In his zeal, however, General Demolishor hadn't thought to check if Escargon had the stolen property before shooting him. Sure enough, a thorough search by Inspector Airazor appeared to turn up no traces of the property on his person. Dejected, General Demolishor turned his frustrations on the clientele, particular several "mechanoids of interest" called [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] who had arrived around the same time as Escargon. With some fast legalese, Airazor managed to talk Demolishor out of doing further damage to the bar or Crystal Widow's customers. After the good general departed, Airazor explained the seriousness of the situation — Escargon had stolen a set of [[transit pass]]es, official letters for TransTech black ops work that allowed unmolested access to any transwarp platform facility. Literally a "Get Out of Axiom Nexus Free" Card.

General Demolishor was not so easily deterred, though, and soon wound up battling Crystal Widow and the GoBots in the [[Heap]] until Airazor and Commander Cheetor arrived with the Security Administration. The general was quickly deflated when Cheetor told him he had informed [[Megatron (TransTech)|Commander Megatron]] personally about the issuance of these ''unauthorized'' transit passes, and the fact that Demolishor had lost them. Because the Heap was outside of Security Administration jurisdiction, the collar officially went to Airazor as a representative of the Freelance Police Legion.

As Demolishor was being led away, Commander Cheetor requested a private word with Inspector Airazor. In no uncertain terms, he ''very loudly'' did not say he knew she had swiped the passes while frisking Escargon, and did not tell her to make sure the passes were handed over to the GoBots. Reluctantly, Airazor did as she was not ordered to do and gave up her meal tickets. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends Manga Xmas Airazor.jpg|thumb|150px|We're sorry about everything on the left.]]

Airazor and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] were hired by Optimus Primal to work as office ladies at the [[Axalon Trading Company]]. Their tight skirts and overall cuteness mesmerized Rattrap... at least until Rhinox reminded him that they had no women on the payroll. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 4#The Gender Gap|The Gender Gap}} Later, Optimus Primal and [[Lio Convoy]] swooned over Airazor's cuteness as he fetched them tea for their meeting. Rattrap and Rhinox merely continued to curse the fact that Airazor was a man. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 5#The Gender Gap Part 2|The Gender Gap Part 2}} Hoping to get to the bottom of Airazor and Nightscream's genders, Rattrap and Rhinox proceeded to follow them to see which bathroom they'd use. Much to their confusion, they learned that their building had no ladies' room but an ''{{w|otokonoko}}'' room. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 9#The Bathroom Gap|The Bathroom Gap}}

For [[Christmas]], Airazor joined [[T-AI|Ai]] in donning skimpy Santa outfits and handed out toys to all the good little Transformers. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} At another point, old man Rhinox's nostalgia became so powerful he was able to will the '80s back into existence, retrograding all modern technology into clumsy '80s counterparts. In the madness, Airazor's computer turned into a cruddy micro-computer that couldn't even connect to the [[Internet]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 3|Bonus Edition Vol. 3}}

At work, Rattrap found himself emasculated at every turn, even by Airazor, who was bigger and stronger than he was. This led Rattrap to seek comfort in a dream sequence involving [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] and [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 8|Bonus Edition Vol. 8}}

When the amnesiac [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] used her charms to squat at [[Tigatron]]'s home, Airazor took issue with it, and the three ended up in a bed together, with Airazor trying to push Windblade away from Tigatron. {{storylink|Windblade Sequel}}

Following the destruction of their old office because of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], the Axalon employees took it in stride and made Metroplex's city mode their new office. Airazor and Cheetor got scared when their [[Alpha Trion|mysterious janitor]] claimed to be from "the other world", assuming he meant the world of the dead. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter|The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter}}

Airazor was dressed up as a nurse and ready to go to a [[Halloween]] party with Tigatron and Windblade when they were interrupted by the trick-or-treating [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], and [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}}

Airazor also worked at a "little brother cafe" and was there when the manager, [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], explained to another worker, who was [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|another Starscream]], just what kind of cafe it was. While thinking back to the good times she'd had in the Legends Universe, Windblade remembered a time she'd hand-fed Tigatron at the cafe, something Airazor hadn't liked at all. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}} Following the hiring of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from another dimension, Airazor told [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] that he still had to answer calls from customers despite being trapped in [[Butla]] at the time. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}}

Airazor was among the coworkers bothered by Chromedome flying around the office on Moguru, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} and was seen on the sidewalks of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt as Neo Akihabara City. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} When [[White Leo]] turned the people of the Legends World into [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformers]] to recruit them into his army, Airazor ended up with some [[#TM1|familiar armor]] and the name "Lucky Razor". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 51|Bonus Edition Vol. 51}}

====The Beast Wars Road Map====
When Rhinox was countacted by his [[Rhinox (TransTech)|counterpart]] from [[Axiom Nexus]], Airazor interrupted their conversation to point out [[A Change to the Agenda|new developments]] happening in a branching timeline. {{storylink|The Beast Wars Road Map}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All That Remains|''Windblade'' vol. 2 #3]]}}
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Airazor was a native of the planet [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], and was born from the [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] inside the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Chela]]. She abandoned [[Cloud Walkers|her tribe]] long ago so that she could be with her love Tigatron.

When battling [[combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon the planet, Airazor and Tigatron witnessed [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] battling against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} They later investigated the huge footprints the combiners left behind. Tigatron wanted to report their discovery to the others, while Airazor disagreed. {{storylink|All That Remains}} They eventually sought out the advice of the seer Blackarachnia, who foresaw the reappearance of true Cybertronians on their planet. A week later, Airazor was present when the leaders of Eukaris's tribes convened outside the space bridge, although Dinobot didn't take kindly to the "tribe of two." The tension was quickly defused when Rattrap sneaked through the space bridge and onto the planet, only to receive a less-than-warm welcome from Dinobot.

A month later, Airazor was present when the first real representatives from Cybertron arrived - [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and Starscream. Before negotiations could get underway, Chela awoke and burst from the ground, intending to destroy all Cybertronian intruders. After Chela was killed by Starscream, the citizens of Eukaris agreed to join the nascent [[Council of Worlds]]. Blackarachnia appointed Tigatron and Airazor as delegates to Cybertron, believing that their independence from Eukaris's competing tribes would make them impartial diplomats. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}} Upon emigrating to Cybertron, Airazor was amazed to find that she and Tigatron were being welcomed in spite of their romance, a feature she felt could potentially attract more Eukarians. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

Approximately two weeks later, Airazor was present for the ceremony inducting [[Vigilem|Carcer]] delegates [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}} She and Tigatron began operating regularly on Cybertron, interacting with the local citizens and the other colonists. {{storylink|Choose Me}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] announced his intent to annex [[Earth]] into the Council of Worlds, Airazor attended the first council meeting discussing this sudden change of events. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} In-between Council meetings, the two Eukariens continued adjusting to life on Cybertron, quietly hoping that one day the growing number of immigrants could expand beyond the borders of Iacon. When the Council re-convened to discuss a string of mysterious [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgical]] assaults and the growing distrust of the [[Badgeless]], the two Eukarian delegates were in attendance. The Committee moved to have [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] investigate the crime spree. {{storylink|07:00:00}}

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Things turned sour following the death of [[Drunkatron|an inebriated Decepticon]] which most chalked up to police brutality. Airazor and Obsidian observed an angry mob advancing on Starscream's office, as the two commiserated over their dismay with the fractured Cybertron. Shortly afterwards, Airazor attended the emergency meeting to try and sort out what could be done, a meeting that ended with Ironhide becoming the new head of Cybertronian security. {{storylink|Applicable Skills}} Airazor later attended a meeting where Ironhide reported on the progress of the new recruits. {{storylink|Things We Said We'd Never Do}} When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked Iacon, Airazor and the other Council delegates were temporarily evacuated. {{storylink|The Line Between Us}}

The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story. Although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the council. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} When Optimus raised a holy [[Metrotitan (G1)|Titan]] from the ground, however, public opinion began to shift back towards Optimus, and the Council began re-considering their ruling. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

[[File:DesperateTimes-anythingforyou.jpg|thumb|250px|left|And the man shall ride a falcon.]]

Months later, [[Vigilem|Carcer]] detected a fleet of [[zombie]] Titans rapidly approaching Cybertron and intent on scouring the planet clean. The Council attended an emergency meeting to discuss the threat, and wound up preparing for an all-out war against the army. The Titans soon made planetfall; Airazor and Tigatron fought together on the front lines and used their [[beast mode]]s to tear through enemy armor. {{storylink|Ping}} When it became clear that they couldn't win, the two retreated back to the Council [[Spire]] to discuss a last-ditch moves. As a result, both Airazor and Tigatron joined Windblade's strike team, aiming to invade Carcer and seize control of the Titan from its reluctant leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. {{storylink|Desperate Times}}

Airazor stood by Starscream as the strike teams attacked making odd faces at the Chancellor's odd habit of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|seemingly talking to himself]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}} After Windblade and Carcer had triumphed, she joined Starscream and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] in cheering. {{storylink|Rubicon}} It transpired however that "Carcer" was in fact, Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had managed to free his master before he died. The Council was informed of the Prime's inevitable return but only after half of them had already voted to keep it secret and forced the other half to do the same, much to Airazor's discomfort. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

When the crisis had passed, the Council reconvened to meet with Optimus Prime as the Autobot leader discussed sharing Transformer technology with the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, who had recently arrived on Earth. Starscream shot down the proposal; as Earth was not yet a member of the Council, it would be a violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}}

Airazor was present during Earth's induction ceremony into the [[Council of Worlds]] when [[M.A.S.K.]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] was brought before the Council where Elita One ordered them executed. When Knock Out supported the notion owing to the looming threat of Liege Maximo and the short [[human]] lifespan, Airazor protested owing to the fact that, regardless of lifespan, the humans were still living creatures. {{storylink|First Strike issue 4|First Strike #4}}

[[File:TheChosenOne AirazorNotJudged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Falcon Crest-fallen]]
Following the invasion, Windblade was due to retake her position on the Council only to learn that Liege Maximo's freedom was still being kept under wraps prompting her to inform Circuit and Longtooth of it which resulted in public elections. After the Camien had announced her intent to run for office, Airazor visited Windblade in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] where she extolled the values of Cybertron's acceptance of 'bots from all walks of life and how that feature could attract more Eukarians (assuming of course Iacon could last five minutes without being half destroyed). She and Tigatron later attended the electoral debates and took part in Windblade's subsequent victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

The Council later assembled to receive an [[Ore-13]] from Optimus Prime before [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] made a dramatic return aboard the [[Nemesis (BW)|''Nemesis'']]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} Joined by [[Alpha Trion]], the Council granted the Primes an audience. After an explosion ripped through the [[Spire]], Airazor helped up Tigatron only to learn Alpha Trion had been killed by the blast. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} "Onyx Prime's" machinations had successfully sowed chaos across Cybertron, leaving the Council of Worlds paralyzed and unable to act for the duration of the crisis, and by the time that "Onyx" had been unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave and arrested, the Council was too late to stop the penultimate stage in Shockwave's plan from falling into place: [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], who began a genocidal rampage across the galaxy. Shortly after the planet-eater destroyed Eukaris, Airazor joined the other members of the Council of Worlds in an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

When Unicron then attacked and destroyed Cybertron, Airazor and Tigatron were among the many refugees who were safely teleported to [[Earth]] by the [[Visionaries]], regrouping at [[Victoria Falls]]. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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Airazor of [[Nuon City|Nuon]] was a champion of the Games who eventually came to sit on the [[Maximal High Council]]. She sat on the Council when the [[Maximal Nation]] declared themselves independent from [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and the [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] alike. When the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] threat arose and consumed Nuon, however, Airazor advocated abandoning neutrality and entering the war against the Builders. She frequently clashed with the pacifist [[Santon]], comparing him to a [[wormozoid]]. When the Council received an audience by First Resistor [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Preditron]] to hear first hand about the Vehicons, the vote soon swayed in Airazor's favor, and the Maximal Nation went to war.

In the battles to come against the Vehicons and the [[Grand Mal]] fortress, Airazor fought as part of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], joining with her fellow Councilbots as a battlefield general. They fought alongside the [[Micromaster]] Builder combiner [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] against all odds.

After the war, the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was founded to govern the planet. The Maximal Nation remained an independent body, and the High Council elected Airazor to serve as their representative at Parliament along with Cheetor and [[Optimal]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}
{{--}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
The Maximals traveled across time to find the [[AllSpark]] and change the fate of Cybertron. While battling the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s on pre-[[Ice Age]] Earth, both sides were joined by the Autobots and Decepticons, their epic battle changing their combined destinies forever.

Airazor's function was reconnaissance, and she [[trans-scan]]ned into a falcon. Her [[photon cannon]] and razor-sharp talons were her powers and weapons, and her core traits were her resourcefulness, compassion, and steadfastness. Airazor's message from the future was that she will help guide [[Dinobot (BW)|a conflicted enemy]] towards redemption. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Airazor was part of the united Maximal-Predacon faction lead by [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. In another possible destiny, she bore witness to Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leading Cybertron to a new golden age. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Erin Ebers]] (English), [[Hinako Takahashi]] (Japanese) |[[Sandrine Mittelstädt]] (German), [[Nathalie Spitzer]] (French), [[Ana Paula Martins]] (Portuguese), [[Mar Bordallo]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Jessica Ángeles]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Bhagyashri Rao]] (Hindi)}}
{{quote|You know, there's something about ''soaring'' through the sky all day, seeing everything from a distant height, that makes one a keen observer.|Airazor, [[Kingdom episode 2]]}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep1-Airazor-falcon-spies-on-Decepticons.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
In an alternate timeline, where [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Prime]] had never recovered the [[AllSpark#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Allspark]] after casting it away from [[Cybertron_(planet)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Maximals]] and [[Predacon_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacons]] fought to survive on the dying planet. Led by [[Optimus_Primal_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Optimus Primal]], a group of Maximals left for [[Earth]] to find the lost Allspark, landing in the main timeline with a group of Predacons. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Over time, the Maximal's numbers dwindled from a full 200 to just six. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} In the present day, the Maximals encountered the [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Autobots]] and Decepticons on their similar quest. After the [[Nemesis_(G1)|''Nemesis'']] crash-landed on the planet, Airazor watched as [[Laserbeak_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Laserbeak]] exited it. She also later saw [[Megatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Megatron]] meet with his [[Megatron_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Predacon successor]], and reported back to [[Tigatron#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Tigatron]]. She was then shot down by Laserbeak and captured by [[Soundwave_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} She was taken back and tortured by Predacon Megatron, before being interrupted by [[Dinobot_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Dinobot]]. Megatron was called away by [[Blackarachnia_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Blackarachnia]], and Dinobot reluctantly resumed Airazor's torture. Airazor tried to appeal to Dinobot's honor and uncertainty, and succeeded in building trust, but nothing more. Airazor was then freed by [[Rattrap_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Rattrap]] and [[Mirage_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Mirage]] during an assault from the Autobots and Maximals. After meeting up with the rest of the attackers, Airazor revealed she had let herself get caught, and planted trackers on every bot she crossed. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}}

Later, a group of Autobots and Maximals led by the two leaders left to find the Allspark. Airazor provided aerial recon even after the Allspark's proximity wreaked havoc on their sensors, forcing them to search manually. After following the [[Matrix_of_Leadership#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Matrix]] for a while, a strange mist began to envelop the group, and Airazor crash-landed, her flight systems having malfunctioned. She was awoken by Dinobot, and talked to him about his conflicted feelings towards his allegiance. The pair then set off, and Airazor informed Dinobot of the presence of Soundwave and his [[Decepticon_Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. Airazor offered to support Dinobot in the upcoming fight, but was pushed away due to her injuries. Later, she saw the beacon coming from the Matrix, and rejoined the group just in time to bear witness to Dinobot's death. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}} Airazor and the rest of the group was ordered to stay behind while Prime went off to get the Allspark. While waiting, Airazor inquired why retrieving the Allspark was so important, prompting a hostile response from [[Arcee_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Arcee]]. When Arcee brought up the almost 200 Maximals who'd died during the search for the [[Golden_Disk_(Voyager)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Golden Disk]], Airazor was shocked along with the other Maximals; even more so when Optimus Primal turned out to have left. Later, the group found their way to the Allspark temple just in time to save Primal from Beast Megatron, fighting him off so Primal could gain access to the temple. The battle was stopped by a blinding light and the sight of Optimus Prime floating in the night sky. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 4}}

[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep5-Airazor-protects-Blackarachnia.jpg|thumb|300px|Transformers: War for [[Tigatron|Airazor's]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Affection]]]]
Airazor was part of the strike team led by Optimus Primal to shut down the ''Nemesis''' weapons systems. She had the job of delivering Blackarachnia to the interface, voicing her trepidations along the way. While Blackarachnia worked to shut down the weapons, Airazor defended against a squad of [[Scorponok_(BW)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Scorponoks]]. When the [[Ark_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Ark]] transformed and punched the ''Nemesis'', Blackarachnia fell off the ship, and Airazor swooped to save her, earning her a peck on the cheek. The both of them joined the Autobots and Maximals, as well as the imprisoned Decepticons and Predacons, in launching towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} When Megatron was freed by [[Galvatron_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Galvatron]], Airazor aided in attacking them, swooping in to save Tigatron. She was also present for the final battle against Galvatron and [[Nemesis_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_Trilogy_cartoon|Nemesis Prime]], and watched as spirits of the dead appeared. When the Allspark—and Cybertron—were revitalized, she joined in celebrating. Airazor was also present as the war was finally ended, under the monument to the fallen soldiers. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd-Tigatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Airazor was contained in one of the many [[stasis pod]]s on the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] that were ejected when the ship was caught in a battle with the [[Darksyde (BW)|''Darksyde'']] and left in orbit above the planet they crashed on. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} The pod was soon brought down to the surface due to sabotage carried out by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Pod Part 2}} Before she could activate, Airazor was discovered by the [[Vok]] who, using knowledge gleamed from [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], reprogrammed her to serve their interests.

As one of the "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]", Airazor was part of the group that spoke to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] about the Vok and their rapidly expiring patience towards the Cybertronian interlopers. When Optimus and Megatron managed to escape their cells, the five Children of the Vok moved to stop them. In the ensuing battle, Airazor fought Optimus Primal before the Vok arrived to end the battle. Though the Vok were initially ready to destroy Megatron, Primal convinced the aliens to allow the Maximals and Predacons a chance to unite against the Vok. {{storylink|Children of the Vok}}

When the Vok's ally [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] was found out, he called on the totality of the Children of the Vok to attack the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. The battle drew the attention of the Vok who decided that all Cybertronians were too disruptive and prepared to exterminate them all before the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' destroyed the aliens. In the aftermath, Airazor joined Tigatron in a peaceful life in the wilderness, ignoring both Maximal and Predacon if the same courtesy would be extended. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Natural Couple}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|The Transformers Gather on the Snowy Mountain!|Search Quiz 2}}}}

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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]", the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}
=====Maximal campaign=====
{{Note|Airazor is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Airazor was absent from the main conflict with both Predacons and the [[Skriix]]; instead, she flew rescue missions, using her flight capabilities to rescue captured Maximals from the Predacons' prison ships.

Upon having eliminated the Predacon threat, Airazor was part of Optimus Primal's roll call when he announced that the galaxy was now at peace. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Airazor.jpg|frame|Airazor was having second thoughts about this new backpack.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Janet-Laine Green]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)}}

Thanks to Megatron's temporal meddling, history was changed so that Airazor gained a new Transmetal form in the quantum surge. She went on to play a critical role in the Maximals' victory over the Predacons. However, when their enemies had all been taken prisoner, Airazor and Tigatron decided not to join their comrades in their journey to Cybertron. The two sparkmates would reside on prehistoric Earth, observing as the planet recovered from the war. They nonetheless sometimes wondered about what became of their friends and whether or not true peace could finally be found between Maximals and Predacons. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Beast Wars Transmetals}}
{{BW fighter ending|Airazor|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Falcon Rush
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|C-Up||Razor Dive
|-
|C-Left||Force Wing
|}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|400px|Transmetal Airazor actually comes first in this game.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Airazor-(BW).jpg|thumb|400px]]
Airazor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She appeared in two different bodies:
*''Airazor Transmetal'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "Transmetals: Beast Wars - Episode 2" event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, 100 event cores, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Airazor (BW)'' — This Super Rare character was available as a reward to 1000 players in the "Beast Wars: Episode 4" event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}}}
[[File:Airazor EarthWars.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Ability:''' She is airborne and smites foes every 15 secs causing 50% speed reduction for 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 secs.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:airazor Airazor at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Airazor was an optimistic Maximal scout who possessed a close relationship with Tigatron. After being abducted by the Vok, Tigatron and Airazor were fused together into the powerful but unpredictable Tigerhawk. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy AirazorBasic.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sharper than a cyber-razor cut!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Basic Class, [[1997]] / [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-10'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Photon cannon]]"
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the first wave of [[Hasbro]]'s second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey) with opening beak and swing-out wings. Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual rather than spring-loaded, and therefore a bit more complex. Pulling on the yellow-plastic feathers near her tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out "cyber-blade", giving her a pincer-attack when used with the wing flappy-flappy. Her tail hides both a heat-sensitive "[[rubsign|energon chip]]" and a non-firing "photon cannon" that can be hand-held or mounted on the underside of either forearm.

: There is an ''exceedingly'' minor [[retool]]ing variant of this toy, where later releases added small grooves to the inside of the falcon-mode head, allowing for easier installation of the lower beak.

: Airazor was released in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|''Beast Wars'' toyline]], in the fifth wave of product in January 1998. Near as can be told, this release is identical to the Hasbro release, except (of course) for packaging.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Ōzora no Taiketsu: Airrazor vs Kuwagiger''' (VS pack, January [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': January ?? 1998
:*''ID number'': '''VS-10'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: In Japan, Airazor was also available in a "Heaven Showdown" (大空の対決) Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)#Toy|Kuwagiger]].

: Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor-video.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This took forever to photograph because the damn thing's ankles are looser than the WWE's drug policies.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Photon cannon"

:The original Airazor toy was re-released in the [[Transmetal]]s/[[Fuzor]]-themed third year of ''Beast Wars'', this time in a similar-but-darker deco, packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath (BW episode)|Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]". She retains all of her previous [[gimmick]]ry. This toy is somewhat notorious for having ''extremely'' weak ankle joints.

: This pack was released at general retail as its own wave alongside a redecoed and VHS-came-with [[Razorclaw (BW)#video|Razorclaw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on video Airazor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're looking at a first here.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-45'''
:*''Takara release date'': September 1999
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the third wave of Hasbro [[Transmetal]] Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a semi-organic robot into a wholly-mechanical falcon. She has a third "seaplane" mode, a variant of her beast mode, with fold-down pontoons and exposed thruster engines. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around her torso as a "shield" mode.

: Some early releases of the [[Hasbro]] Airazor have much more lavender-hued chrome than the normal blue of later versions.

: The Takara version of this toy, released in the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 .28Beast Wars Metals.29|Beast Wars Metals]]'' product, has more orange-tinted yellow plastics, and the pearlescent whites are more translucent white. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on the Hasbro version's chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[insignia|faction symbol]]. The Takara version's chrome is also far less prone to flaking than the Hasbro version.

: She holds the distinction of being the first [[female Transformer]] toy that was actually designed to be female from the start.

: A popular "fan mode" of the toy has the pontoons raised over her shoulders in robot mode, with the support struts pointing forward like cannons, giving her some ranged weaponry.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/TMAirazor/tmairazor.htm More information on Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Kagerō no Taiketsu: Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (VS set, September 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': September ?? 1999
:*''ID number'': '''VS-45'''

: In Japan, Metals Airazor was available both as an individual and in a "Heatwave Showdown" (陽炎の対決) two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)#VS45|Quickstrike]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:BW-toy Airazor FKTM.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name:'' '''Metals Airazor Earth'''

:Part of the third wave of the final year of the ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. This redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series, mostly making her darker and more desaturated tones of the same colors.

:This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a [[JafCon]] convention [[exclusive]], under the name "Metals Airazor Earth", along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#FKTM|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#FKTM|Rattrap]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Fox Kids! Transmetal Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
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[[File:Airazortimelinestoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am a symptom of the retroactive ruination of ''Beast Wars''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe, [[2007]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 26]] 2007
:*''Accessories'': Missile
:*''Known designers'': [[Joe Moore]] (concept artist)<ref>{{citesocial|quote=After the show, Airazor was offered as a club exclusive. That was one I proposed, but the original concept photoshop has been lost to time. I was really happy with how well Energon Slugslinger worked here. Here's the production figure.|link=https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331|site=Twitter|name=Joe Moore|year=2021|month=03|day=11}}</ref>

: The second members-only [[exclusive]] to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor (referred to as "Chromia 10 Pilot" in her bio) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)#Toys|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a [[Popular Cybertronian vehicle alternate modes#Twin-cockpit jet|Cybertronic twin-cockpit VTOL jet]]. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in [[robot mode]]), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

::*''[https://twitter.com/Joe_Toyark/status/1370244396155875331 Designer commentary on Airazor from Joe Moore on Twitter]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm More information on Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-Airazor.jpg|thumb|300px|Because one toy of Airazor from before she was born wasn't enough!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (BotCon 2016 exclusive, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[April 7]] 2016
:*''Accessories'': 2 arm-mounted "photon cannons"

: Sold individually at [[BotCon 2016]], Airazor is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|Slipstream]], who in turn is a retool of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' [[Windblade (G1)#Toys|Windblade]], transforming into a VTOL fighter jet of made-up model. She comes with two "photon cannons" that clip on her arms in a different orientations in each mode. Her jet mode fuselage contains a flip-down landing gear and her VTOL wing fans can flip up on a hinge and spin.

: Unlike the toy-based colors of her previous [[Fun Publications]] toy, this iteration takes its cues from her cartoon appearance.

: This mold also served as the model for the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Stiletto (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Stiletto]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Maximal/BCAirazor/airazor.htm More information on Dawn of the Predacus Airazor at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Airazor.jpg|300px|thumb|Hahaha! Miiiiiighty Eaaaagle!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Airazor''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-K14'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''KD-09'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 26]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': 2 "[[Photon rifle|Photon Blasters]]"<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-kingdom-deluxe-wfc-k14-airazor Hasbro Pulse] description states "Comes with 2 Photon Blaster accessories that attach to figure's wrists."</ref>
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Dennis Chan]] (sculptor), [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Deluxes, Airazor transforms from a ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon-accurate robot (albeit with a much lighter stony-brown plumage than the show's super-dark-brown) into a (fairly) realistic peregrine falcon. Said beast mode is more posable than it has ever been with past toys, with multiple joints in her wings, legs, and head, including an opening beak. She includes two weapons based on the arm-mounted talon missiles she used in the cartoon, which can also be held in her hands, mounted on her forearms or mounted on hips (like holsters) via [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]]. The hip-ports double as rear storage on her beast mode.

: The multi-hinged segments in the middle of Airazor's wings are prone to developing stress marks if excessive force is used. Most notably this can happen when unfolding her wings from the packaging, as they are folded in a reverse manner contrary to the hinge design in order to fit them into the cardboard insert. Please take extra care unfolding them the first time.

: Much like most of the toyline, Airazor comes with one of four possible holographic [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards for her wave, which reveals a [[Source:Golden Disk destinies|possible destiny]] of a key character.

: Airazor's stock photography depicts an additional robot mode, with an extended torso, open wings, folded-down shoulder pads, and her falcon head and robot head switching places. Silly. The renders on her packaging also feature an inconsistency; the render of her robot mode showcases a Maximal sigil on the chest/the neck of her Falcon mode's head, which is absent in the actual falcon mode's render and the figure itself. The final product places the Maximal sigil on the right forearm.

: Airazor was [[retool]]ed with a new head to make ''Kingdom'' [[Skywarp (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Maximal Skywarp]], who also served as the model for the comic character [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]]. The mold was also differently and heavily retooled as [[Terrorsaur (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Terrorsaur]] for the ''Golden Disk Collection'', and its transformation engineering was later reused for ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]].

:According to ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' toyline lead designer [[Mark Maher]], select elements of Airazor's sculptwork along with that of ''Kingdom'' [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tigatron]] were recycled ([[Fuzor|fused]], one might say,) via the magic of digital toy design into ''Legacy'' [[Tigerhawk#Legacy|Tigerhawk]] for fairly self-evident reasons.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}

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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Again-JP-BWVS-07-Airazor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Chūshin no Taiketsu''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-07'''
:*''Release date'': [[February 24]], 2024
:*''Accessories'': 2 guns
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, the "Loyal Retainer Showdown" (忠臣の対決) set contains Airazor and [[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Inferno]]. Airazor is a redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Airazor]] in more cartoon-accurate colors.
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==Merchandise==
===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Airazormutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Airazor was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Jada Toys===
[[File:JadaNanoMetalfigsSeries2G1BW-18pack.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb]]
*'''Transformers Series 2 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2022)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor is an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing <s>squats</s> an action pose. She has a little base attached to her feet for balancing reasons.

:She is marketed as an Autobot instead of a Maximal and comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].

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*'''Transformers Series 3 18-pack''' (4 cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2023)
:''Nano Metalfigs'' Airazor was re-released with no noticeable changes in ''another'' impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]].
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==Notes==
*The website of Canadian TV channel [[YTV]], on which ''Beast Wars'' was broadcast, contained character profiles for the cast. Airazor's profile stated that, due to the circumstances of her creation, she considered Rhinox an "uncle" figure, and looked upon Cheetor as a sibling. These relationships would be reiterated in her profile in IDW's ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]],'' but were never actually reflected in the characters' interactions in the show itself.
*An [[Bitch Wars|unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode concept]] would have seen Airazor and Blackarachnia join forces as a "third faction" for a bit. It went unproduced as the writers couldn't see where to go with the idea.
*Like most characters in the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was given a verbal tic—when in battle or transforming, [[#Gender|he]] would shout ''haya'' in imitation of a falcon's cry (''hayabusa'' also being the Japanese word for "falcon").
*A number of the Italian toyline-specific names for various ''Beast Wars'' characters were only printed on the cardback for the Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor; the names do not appear on the cardback for "video-pack" [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], who was released in proximity to her, if not at the same time. The Italian names only printed on "video-pack" Airazor are: Insector ([[Powerpinch]]), Rapax ([[Lazorbeak]]), Vortex ([[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]), Anfibius ([[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]), Diablo ([[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]), Cannibal ([[Manterror]]), Tenax ([[Retrax]]), Dingo ([[K-9]]), and Bison ([[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]).
*The name of Airazor's ship in "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number.

===Gender===
[[File:AirazorJapan1.jpg|175px||thumb|[[tvtropes:Main/ShesAManInJapan|She's a man in Japan]]]]
Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistence. The original Airazor toy was not developed with a specific gender in mind, and they wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have feminine pronouns. The later Transmetal version of Airazor is the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was made male. The exact reason for this has never been made known; it could have been for the sake of sales (girl characters are believed to sell poorly in boys toylines) or [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] could have simply been working from outdated material provided by Hasbro in which Airazor was still regarded as male.

Initially, the dub skirted around any possibility of romance between Airazor and Tigatron, altering all flirtatious dialogue to change the intent (Tigatron's line in "[[The Trigger, Part 2]]" about how "the lady shall ride a tiger" was rewritten to a more generic command for them to get moving). To explain the closeness of their relationship, Tigatron was humorously portrayed as a "samurai retainer" and Airazor acted as his "ward"; intimating a "brotherly" sort of bond.

[[File:BWM Airazor color.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Except when she isn't.]]

Things remained as such all the way until "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]" when the scripting and animation could no longer allow for any vagaries regarding their relationship. Beginning rather randomly in that episode, Airazor flirtatiously starts calling Tigatron by the nickname "Ti-chan", leaving Tigatron to get flustered and anxiously call for him to stop. When the pair are attacked, they both express their love for one another in dialogue primarily unchanged from the English version. Their romantic attraction was a very spontaneous change in the Japanese version of the series and Japanese magazine editors, responding to letters from confused young fans, gently explained the situation. From the letters page of the ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine:<ref>[http://netatama.net/lite/image/2263677 Scan] of the letters pages from a Japanese ''Beast Wars Club'' magazine</ref>

:'''Question:''' "If Tigatron and Airazor are both boys, how come they were flirting when the [[Vok|Aliens]] abducted them?"
:'''Answer:''' "Even among humans there are boys who both love (like) each other. In the case of Tigatron and Airazor, they had been fighting together for a long time and as their emotions increased, their friendship turned to feelings of love. 'Transform', indeed!"

In the case of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga, however, Airazor's female gender was retained, as was her heterosexual romantic relationship with Tigatron. This was due to the fact that Airazor's [[Transmetal]] toy had an indisputably feminine build. Additionally, there was never a manga for the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon in Japan, so the backstory for ''Metals'' could be whatever writer/artist [[Shōji Imaki]] wanted it to be (the manga has numerous irreconcilable divergences from the show's events right out of the gate). Airazor is presented as a stereotypically "girly" ingenue more deeply devoted to Tigatron, as compared to her English cartoon persona and design.

The ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' manga would poke "fun" at Airazor's gender bending from time to time. Airazor is portrayed as looking highly feminine and cute; however, it is revealed to the confusion of the cast that "she" is male. The same humor is extended onto [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who is portrayed as a flamboyant gay male in the dub of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Machines]]'', and is seen as a crossdresser in the ''Legends'' manga. This is apparently supposed to be "funny".
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airrazor''' (エアラザー ''Earazā'')<ref>Sources consistently Romanize the name as such.</ref>
*''French:'' '''Aérolame''' (Canada, "Aeroblade"), '''Serdacier''' (French cartoon dub and Transmetal)<ref>Dervied from ''serres d'acier'' ("steel talons").</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Falcon''' (original toy), '''Falcon Lady''' (cartoon), '''Metal Falcon''' (Transmetal), '''Falco''' (video-pack release)
*''Hungarian'' '''Légszelő''' (''Kingdom'' sub, "Airslicer")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēi Jiàn''' (China, 飞箭, "Flying Arrow"), '''Shén Yīng''' (Taiwan, 神鷹, "God Hawk"), '''Yīng Nǚ''' (Taiwan, 鷹女, "Hawk Woman")
*''Polish:'' '''Brzytwozora'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Falcúria'''
*''Russian:'' '''Orlona''' (Орлона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Cuchilla''' (Latin American toy, "Razor Blade"), '''Aguila''' (Latin American cartoon dub, "Eagle")
*''Korean:'' '''Airazor''' (에어레이저 ''Eeoleijeo'')

==Gallery==
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File:IDWAirazorcharactermodel.jpg|IDW continuity robot mode
File:WFC-Kingdom-Airazor-art.jpg|''Kingdom'' package art
</gallery>

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Airachnid (Prime)

2025-09-09T01:52:52Z

Cavewomania: /* Foreign names */ added Korean name

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{{disambig3|Airachnid}}
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:''Airachnid is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Airachnid-HowToDraw.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|There once was a spider who knew how to fly / I don't know why the spider could fly / Perhaps you'll die]]

Long ago, '''Airachnid''' was with the [[Decepticon]]s, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. After the [[Great Exodus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however, she decided to go solo. These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting [[Airachnid's specimens|endangered species]]... well, parts of endangered species, mostly the heads. Now, if a species ''isn't'' endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make ''sure'' of that, and she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

Less trustworthy than even [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], she is more than willing to kill her own [[Breakdown (WFC)|men]] or leave her [[Megatron (WFC)|commanding officers]] behind if it means getting what she wants. The pain and trauma she had inflicted on [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], from said [[Autobot]]'s torture to the brutal execution of [[Tailgate (Prime)|her partner]], have given them a vicious, bitter history, and both will stop at nothing to kill each other. She also has the ability to control [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]].

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese)|[[Li Ye]] (Chinese), [[Erica Edwards]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Heide Domanowski]] (German), [[So-yeong Lee]] (Korean), [[Julia Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Marina Thovez]] (Italian), [[Ella Pyhältö]] (Finnish), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese, season 1), [[Denise Simonetto]] (Portuguese, season 2 onwards), [[France Bastoen]] (French)}}

[[File:Airachnid.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Shelob gave dieting a go after seeing how much weight her director lost.]]

During the war for Cybertron, Airachnid managed to capture [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and her partner [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Quickly realizing that Arcee would resist the physical torture she used, Airachnid decided to employ a simpler threat: Tell her the attack coordinates of an impeding attack, or Tailgate dies. Arcee insisted she didn't know the coordinates, but Airachnid didn't believe her and killed Tailgate. Moments later, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] burst into the holding room, killing the two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s and rescuing Arcee. Airachnid, however, escaped. {{storylink|Predatory}} Arcee later recalled Tailgate's death while on a mission with Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Airachnid concluded that the war was over, meaning she needed a new way to spend her time. Abandoning the Decepticons, she decided to hunt sentient species, then wipe them out after getting a trophy. Eventually, Airachnid crash-landed [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]] on [[Earth]]. She initially laid her optics on a lone camper, but was ambushed by Arcee. While Arcee gained the upper hand, she was distracted by her human partner, [[Jack Darby]], and Airachnid webbed her to a rock. Having learned of Cliffjumper's recent demise, Airachnid decided that making Jack her next trophy would be a delicious way to hurt Arcee before finally snuffing out her [[spark]]. She chased Jack back to her ship, but discovered too late that the human had snuck out the underside. She spotted Jack ''just'' in time to see him hurl a flaming stick into a pool of [[energon]] that was leaking from her ship. Airachnid barely managed to escape the explosion, but she was wounded and ''really'' pissed. She managed to web the fleeing Jack to a tree, but before Airachnid could deliver the killing blow, Arcee came to the rescue and absolutely wiped the forest floor with the Decepticon. Deciding she had endured enough for one night, Airachnid drilled into the ground and fled. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[File:Crisscross-helicopter.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Finally a use for those helicopter cockpit halves on her shoulders!]]
Learning of [[MECH]]'s treatment of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Airachnid engineered a distress call which lured [[Silas]] to the forest. She made a deal with the MECH agent to give him Arcee – at least, what would be ''left'' of her – if he could deliver Jack to her. Silas used the [[Internet]] to track down information on Jack and have [[June Darby]] kidnapped so Airachnid cocooned her and dangled her from a building in the disused [[Jasper]] factory MECH was occupying. When Jack arrived, Airacnid gave him six minutes to rescue his mother. She followed Jack around the factory and, when he eventually found June and claimed victory, she pointed out the task was to ''rescue'' mom, not just find her. Before Airachnid could start with the dismemberment, Arcee arrived to attack her and the two enemies fought at length around the building's structure. During the fight, Airachnid was thrown into a container and coated with concrete, but managed to get free and web Arcee to the ground. She was about to finish off Arcee when she was attacked by [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s helicopters, and was forced to [[scanning|scan]] one so she could escape. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}}

[[File:MetalAttraction-Airachnidcaptured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Breakdown, you have a bug on your... um... windshield?"]]
Airachnid followed a magnetic signal and found [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] with a [[polarity gauntlet]]. Seeking to obtain the weapon, she buried him underground, but he escaped and she was forced to fight him. Then Arcee turned up with a [[Bulkhead (Prime)|new partner for her to snuff]] and she had to fight them as well. When Breakdown activated the gauntlet, she fled in alarm. She later ambushed the 'Con on his way back to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', taking the gauntlet from him and reacting with disdain to his suggestion they could take it back to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] together. The Autobots caught up with them, and Airachnid used the gauntlet to draw Arcee to her for a little one-on-one fighting. When the battle started to turn sour, however, she grabbed the gauntlet and attempted to flee in her helicopter form. Unfortunately, Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her into Breakdown. Fused magnetically to the 'Con, she was carried back to the ''Nemesis'', where she had no choice but to rejoin the Decepticons. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:Partners-Immobilizer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Even shinier than the [[Polarity gauntlet]]!"]]
Immediately ingratiating herself with Megatron, Airachnid told the Decepticon leader that [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] had been keeping information to himself, such as the location of the crashed Decepticon ship, the ''[[Harbinger]]''. Megatron ordered Starscream to take Airachnid to the ship's crash site and secure the experimental weapon it contained. Once there, Airachnid discovered that the half of the ship containing the [[Immobilizer]] had broken off before impact. She webbed up Starscream and forced him to tell her the location of the aft section, but was attacked by the Autobots while leaving. After a brief fight with Arcee, Airachnid was chased off by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], and instead went to find the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> aft. She quickly located it and retrieved the Immobilizer, then lay in wait as Optimus's team approached the ship. She was able to freeze Bulkhead and Optimus, but some deft trickery by Bumblebee allowed him to sneak up on her and destroy the Immobilizer. She retreated back to the ''Nemesis'' where she tried to blame the loss of the Immobilizer on Starscream as well as explain why she left him behind. Unluckily for her, an enraged Megatron roared that by allowing the Decepticon second-in-command to be taken prisoner, she'd just put all Decepticon intelligence at the fingertips of the Autobots. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} Despite this, she was promoted to Second in Command during Starscream's absence. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

[[File:Tfprime Airachnid thoughts of betrayal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Who needs Starscream?]]
When the Decepticons located the last part they needed for their space bridge in a human installation, Airachnid suggested she could burrow up under it, but Megatron announced that the time for stealth was past, so she didn't. Once they secured the power source they needed, Airachnid and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] observed Megatron acting strangely and wondered if their leader was losing it. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} While the [[Decepticon Miner|miners]] gathered up [[Dark Energon]], Airachnid hung out on the bridge and watched as [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] played back [[Unicron]]'s pulse. She reported to Megatron that the hold was full, and they should think about retreating. He responded by leaving her in charge while he went to go and talk to Unicron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} Airachnid returned the ''Nemesis'' to orbit to wait. When no further word came from Megatron, she told Soundwave that Megatron might not be coming back. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|''Round One. FIGHT!!!'']]
When she called the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew to the bridge, she had deduced that Megatron, either deceased or deep within Unicron, had abandoned them, and with Earth falling into chaos, decided that they should relocate to [[Regulon Four]]. As none of the other Decepticons spoke out against her, Airachnid ordered Soundwave to set the ''Nemesis'' on course, however the silent Decepticon refused to comply. She attempted to assert her leadership by attacking him, only to discover that she was no match for Soundwave and his Minicon [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. The pair double-teamed her, and she was forced to yield when held underfoot. She subsequently decided to be elsewhere when Megatron did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Airachnid was soon back as Megatron's subordinate, though she expressed her concern about the amnesiac Optimus Prime being allowed full run of the ship. When Arcee sneaked on board The Nemesis to find Optimus, Airachnid readily volunteered to go and deal with her, even offering to offline the Autobot. However, Megatron felt that the situation needed to be dealt with more subtly, so he sent Soundwave instead. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

[[File:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Let the shipping commence!]]
Airachnid offered to employ her tracking skills in finding more artifacts, and Megatron sent her, [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Breakdown on a search mission. However, the whole mission was a ploy; her partners were under orders to terminate her for her attempts to wrest command of the Decepticons during Megatron's brief absence. Her relentless needling of Breakdown made the 'Con lose his cool and try and kill her before Dreadwing gave the order. She quickly webbed Dreadwing to a tree, leading Breakdown on a chase through the woods. Though she was damaged in the chase, she eventually caught Breakdown in a webbing trap, and promptly dismantled him. Limping away, she ran across an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] which she was able to control. Starscream, missing his [[transformation cog]], happened upon the pairing and offered a partnership. Airachnid instead sicced the Insecticon on him, hoping for another kill, but the weaselly Decepticon managed to escape. Airachnid then lured Megatron to an abandoned energon mine and set the Insecticon on him, watching the fight until she was attacked by Arcee. The Autobot pursued her as she burrowed away, but Airachnid managed to ambush her foe. She was prevented from terminating the helpless Arcee by Starscream, and instead had to flee yet again, but this fortuitously led her to stumble on a whole Insecticon hive. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

Detecting a beacon transmitting from the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid woke the Insecticon army to go eliminate Megatron. Their activity drew the attention of the Autobots, and though Airachnid sent Insecticons after them, Arcee broke away from the swarm and relentlessly pursued her nemesis into the Insecticon hive. As the two fought, Arcee managed to maneuver Airachnid onto one of the Insecticon's open stasis pods, which quickly snapped closed around her, breaking off one of her spider-legs in the process. The stasis-locked Airachnid was taken back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|the Autobot base]]... leaving Megatron suddenly in control of Airachnid's former army. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Autobots stashed her in the same place they kept the Iacon relics. When new recruit [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was given a tour of the base by Jack, they walked past the spider bot's pod, and Jack warned him that she was not the kind they wanted to mess with. {{storylink|New Recruit}} Later, when Starscream used his [[Red Energon]] to infiltrate the Autobot base and steal the [[Omega Key]]s, he came across Airachnid. Seeing her predicament answered a few of Starscream's questions about her whereabouts. {{storylink|Inside Job}} Following the destruction of the Autobot base, {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} Airachnid's stasis pod was pulled from the wreckage by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Rather than free her, they placed her stasis pod in storage on the ''Nemesis'', where Smokescreen later stumbled on it while looking for the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|If you thought she was a [[Britt|vamp]] before...]]

Airachnid was finally freed when Cylas, having been infused with a mixture of Dark and [[Synthetic Energon]], ripped open her stasis pod in an attempt to drink her energon. She managed to fight him off, terminating him in the process, and promptly retook control of the Insecticons on board the ''Nemesis''. She instructed them to destroy all of the Decepticons, however the group first encountered Soundwave, who used the space bridge to transport them all to one of Cybertron's moons. Having been infected by Cylas while fighting him (via a small scratch on her neck), Airachnid soon became an Energon-vampire herself. She then ordered the Insecticons to approach and serve their queen, as she drained their Energon. {{storylink|Thirst}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
Airachnid encountered Optimus in an Amazonian jungle and webbed him to a tree. She was ready to add his head to her collection, but a Vehicon sympathetic to Optimus knocked her aside, allowing Optimus to free himself and uppercut her into some nearby quicksand. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deadly Alliance}}}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Legends Airachnid.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.4]]
Airachnid was among a group of evil female Transformers in one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams who attempted to kidnap him, fighting the heroic female Transformers guarding him in the process. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}

===''Kre-O'' bios===
Airachnid once webbed Arcee to the floor so that [[Insecticon (WFC)#Kre-O bios|Insecticon]] could tickle her.

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Airachnid was goalie for the Decepticons in a game of soccer. She prepared to block [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s penalty kick, but it turned out to be unnecessary as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] blocked the shot first. {{storylink|Ultimate Defender}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Airachnid Kreo Comic.jpg|thumb]]

Once when Megatron was defeated in battle with [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], Airachnid took it as a chance to try to charm Prime into letting her join the winning team. Her disparaging remarks about Megatron enraged the downed Decepticon leader who fired on her, only to blast Prime instead. Faced with her angry leader, Airachnid convinced him that her attempted betrayal was all an act meant to distract Prime.

Later, while bored of cleaning the Decepticon base, Airachnid showered [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] with compliments to manipulate him into doing her job for her. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] tried to put a stop to it by telling Starscream the story of the spider's history of lying, to no avail. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!|Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} Airachnid later attended Megatron's flower-viewing party together with Starscream. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!|Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Airachnid reacted with confusion to several of Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:PrimeTheGameAirachnid.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|You've faced my Insecticons and lived, but will you survive my tinier, weaker Insecticons?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English)}}
Airachnid, ordered by Starscream to locate the Autobots who had fallen to Earth, found Arcee near a factory outside Jasper, Nevada. Her Insecticon troops were easily dispatched by Arcee. Airachnid then engaged Arcee herself. As Arcee prepared to terminate Airachnid, Jack arrived on the scene. Airachnid took advantage of Arcee's distraction, capturing Jack and flying away with him. Arcee pursued her, managing to free Jack before Airachnid escaped.

Later, Airachnid set a trap for Arcee when the latter infiltrated the ''Nemesis''. Airachnid took Arcee to the top of the ship to fight her once again. As before, Arcee emerged victorious. But before Arcee could finish Airachnid off, two Insecticons attacked. Airachnid fled while Arcee blasted the Insecticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Airachnid dueled Optimus in the skies over a desert. She boasted that she would "add [him] to the endangered species list" but her helicopter mode proved to be no match for the Autobot leader. She flew off, but returned later to aid Megatron in his own battle against Optimus. The Decepticons were trounced once more by the Autobot and fled. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Stella (AB)#As Airachnid}}
Airachnid appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and through Special Missions. She is portrayed by Stella. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
[[File:Primetoy-AirachnidRID.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Quite possibly does the meanest {{w|Robot (dance)|robot}} this side of the Milky Way.]]
[[File:Prime-toy Airachnid TakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Seems like quite a bit of effort and money just for a single, primitively-engineered chunk of plastic. And the Micron.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / number:'' '''1 / 012'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[August 25]], 2012
:*''Takara ID number'': '''AM-18'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor/triple-bladed sword, two "electro-stingers" (Hasbro only), "Ida" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Airachnid transforms into a stealth helicopter with an opening canopy. She comes with two "electro-stingers", while her rotors can detach from the base and be used as a sword. All three weapons can mount via [[5 mm post]] onto her open palms or helicopter sides/her upper arms, and the stingers each feature two pegs and a peg-hole, allowing them to peg/be pegged in different ways.

: In [[robot mode]], Airachnid has a ''severely'' limited range of [[articulation]]. Her head is unable to turn or tilt in any significant way due to her [[light-piping]] plastic being molded as the helicopter seat and being blocked by the surrounding cockpit, her hands cannot be swung down parallel to her panel arms due to a bit of the panel getting in the way, and while her legs ''were'' designed to have thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, her thigh panels and the helicopter kibble behind it block ''much'' of her leg articulation.

: Her [[stock photography]] depicts paint details on her legs and toes that were omitted on the final product.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] release, part of the sixth wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prime (Arms Micron)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prime]]'' toys, omits some of her detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. (She even comes with an extra "spiderweb" sticker for you to stick wherever it amuses you to.) She has also been slightly [[retool]]ed, giving her a pair of rocket-thrusters just under her rotor blades. Each thruster has a 5 mm post and hole as part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]]. These additional post-holes actually make it pretty easy to [http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1652.html re-create her "spider-lady" robot mode with an extra set of rotors], though the TakaraTomy version uses a darker purple plastic than the [[Hasbro]] version, meaning you need to buy two of ''either'' version unless you don't care about mismatched rotor colors. Instead of her electro-stingers, she comes with an [[Arms Micron]], [[Ida#Toys|Ida]], a spider that transforms into a bladed shield-weapon-thing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Airachnid/airachnid.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-CyberverseAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Surprisingly better articulated than her larger toy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Cyberverse Legion Class, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / number'': '''3 / 003'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor, "Nova Stinger Bow"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this version of Airachnid is a simpler, smaller-scale toy. She features [[C joint|3 mm port]]s for her hands, on her helicopter sides/robot shoulders, and underneath her cockpit, which ends up behind her robot head. Her instructions omit or gloss over ''several'' steps (mostly involving her legs), but they're fairly obvious.

: Her rotors can also detach from the base/her robot back, revealing another port, and allowing the rotors to mount elsewhere via 3 mm post. She also comes with the "Nova Stinger Bow", a crossbow which has two 3 mm ports and three posts, allowing it to be mounted in different ways. This bow, in varying colors, was also used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], [[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]], and [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Cyberverse Airachnid at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy AirachnidKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''22851 49'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand-block, 2 clip-on rifles
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: As part of the first normal wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Airachnid is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure with extra parts, which enables you to rebuild her into a spider mode.

: If you like, you can try and turn her into a helicopter with some other parts.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''1'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, 2 clip-on rifles

: In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.)

: Airachnid's torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them.

: Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''EZ Collection''===
[[File:TF-EZ-Collection-2014-EG08-Airachnid-packaging.jpg|upright=0.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Airachnid''' (EZ Collection, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EG08'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 27]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': Bowgun, rotor

: ''Cyberverse'' Airachnid was rereleased in Japan in the first wave of the mixed-theme ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' line that ran during ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]''. There appear to be no notable differences between the two releases.
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==Notes==
*Airachnid's colors, design, and spider-like qualities are inspired by several previous characters named [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]].
*Airachnid's [[alternate mode]] doesn't really make sense: Airachnid scanned Agent Fowler's {{w|Bell 212|Bell 212 Huey}} helicopter, but she somehow ended up with a stylized {{w|Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche}} alternate mode.
*The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77892423 trademark application] for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/beast-wars-2/case-closed---goodbye-airachnid-170451/ "Case Closed – Goodbye Airachnid"]</ref>
*Deluxe Airachnid's electro-stingers are modeled after the [[Null-ray#Prime cartoon|null-ray]] Knock Out offered Starscream in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
*In the Japanese dub of ''Prime'', Airachnid's personality is completely different from her original interpretation. In the dub, she is a bubbly, giggling, high-strung chatterbox that is obsessed with collecting the heads of "handsome boys" as trophies rather than endangered creatures. Played up as something of a female {{w|Pepé Le Pew}}, she constantly swoons over Jack, calling him her "hunk", her "darling", her "cutie Jack-chan", and various other lovey-dovey remarks as she amorously pursues him (even going so far as to sing love songs to him, mid-chase). When she finally catches Jack near the end of "[[Predatory#Foreign localization|Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!]]", she even proposes marriage to him. This behaviour is probably based off the Japanese ''yandere'' trope.
** Also regarding the Japanese dub, Airachnid is played by [[Ryōka Yuzuki]], the actress who dubbed ''Beast Wars'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]] and ''Animated'' [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. As such, many of the quirks she conceived for those characters (such as a habit of making a hissing ''tshaaa—'' noise) are present. Whenever Airachnid fires her webbing, she shouts "Sticky-Sticky Attack!" (粘粘攻撃 ''Nebaneba Kōgeki'').
*''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' strongly implies that Airachnid is a member of a sub-type of Transformers known as [[Arachnicon]]s.
*''Kre-O'' Airachnid's [[instructions]] label her as a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], using the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' symbol.
* An orange and blue look-alike of Airachnid lacking spider legs appears in the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode "[[Metal Meltdown]]".

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Airachnid has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Hunter Mode''' (ハンターモード ''Hantā Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Ida, Jida, Noji
: Seen in her box-back photo, this mode is simply Airachnid brandishing the [[Lunatic Chainsaw]] Super Combo Weapon. Wheeeeeeeeeee.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airachnid''' (エアラクニッド ''Earakuniddo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēiguăfù''' (黑寡妇, "Black Widow")
*''Russian:'' '''Airachnida''' (Эйрахнида)
*''Korean:'' '''Airachnid''' (에어라크니드 ''Eeolakeunideu'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
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Aileron

2025-09-09T01:51:31Z

Cavewomania: /* Notes */ added Korean name

{{faction|autobot|wreckersidw}}
:''Aileron is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:AileronC.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|Optimus Prime's beleaguered secretary. [[Janine Melnitz|She doesn't get paid ''nearly'' enough for it.]]]]

'''Aileron''' seems like the ideal Autobot: not only is she courageous, faithful, and loyal, but she's a sensible, level-headed thinker who's unafraid to speak her mind. Ironically, despite this down-to-earth personality, her spaceplane [[alternate mode]] means she spends a lot of time in the sky, crossing continents in a matter of minutes or even reaching low orbit under her own power.

Unfortunately, her youthful idealism has its downsides. Aileron believes in the Autobot ''cause'' more than she does in any of the individual Cybertronians who support it; while she grudgingly accepts that ''no'' leader can be perfect, she struggles with the idea of bending the rules, deviating from the playbook, or going outside the law, even for a good reason. She gets frustrated easily and sometimes lashes out, and her temper has landed her in a sticky situation more than once. She's not quite the optimist that she once was, but Aileron perseveres—even if she can't ''always'' rely on the Autobots to do the right thing, she's learning to rely on herself.

{{bigquote|Some things never change... you try to go '''out''', do some '''good'''... and everybody starts '''trolling''' you.|Aileron|"[[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen]]"}}
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==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[The Transgressors|''Transformers vol. 2'' #44]]''}}

[[File:ExRID 44 swift sterling and aileron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.0]|This can't go wrong!]]

Aileron was born from a [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]] within the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Caminus (Titan)|Caminus]]. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} Aileron and her best friend [[Sterling]] originally lived in a small village, where they idolized the [[Mistress of Flame]] and her [[Torchbearer]]s from afar; when [[Pyra Magna]], the new leader of the Torchbearers, visited her village, Aileron was inspired by the encounter and began researching the histories of the Torchbearers, then the mythological accounts of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}} As her ailing homeworld slowly ran out of resources, Aileron's hope lay with the Primes. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Aileron profile}}

Eventually, Aileron moved to the city and persuaded Sterling to come with her; the two began regularly attending the [[Forge]] and partaking in the religious customs of the [[Way of Flame]], which held that the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s of legend were godly beings with divine powers. This peaceful period in her life was not to last, however: one day, Caminus was attacked by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], an invasion that led to the inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] making contact with the lost colony. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived shortly afterwards and revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]], seemingly marking him as a true Prime, and thus, to the people of Caminus, a living demigod to be worshipped and followed unconditionally. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}}

Not long after Caminus had formally allied with the [[Republic of Cybertron]] and joined the [[Council of Worlds]], Aileron, Sterling, and their mutual friend [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] emigrated to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Transgressors}} and Aileron chose to upgrade herself with a new pair of cannons. {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|Aileron profile}} Driven by their faith, the Camiens took to handing out religious literature in the Decepticon ghetto outside [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. This prompted a mixed reaction from passerby Decepticons: [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] looked at their materials out of curiosity, and [[Sparkstalker]] defended the rights of the Camiens to do what they wanted as the Camiens treated Decepticons fairly. Needlenose snatched one of Aileron's pamphlet's straight out of her hands; Aileron protested that Prime was a good 'bot, but Needlenose decried him as a false prophet. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}

Aileron continued to face resistance to preaching about the Primes on Cybertron, even from Autobots less than enthusiastic about Optimus Prime, like the Dinobot, Slag. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} Seeking to better understand the Camien viewpoint of him, Optimus Prime approached Aileron and asked her assistance in discovering what it meant to be a Prime. She offered the [[Torchbearer]]s as a good source of information. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Aileron and Optimus journeyed out into the [[Rust Sea|Rust Spot]], where the remains of [[Crystal City]] were collapsed into a singularity. There they encountered the [[Victorion]] Torchbearers who had been living in the Rust Spot. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

[[File:ExRID 50 sterling dies.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|right|IT ABSOLUTELY CAN'T GO WRONG]]

When Decepticons raided the spacebridge facility, Aileron and Optimus returned with Victorion to secure the site. Aileron reunited with Sterling at the spacebridge nexus, and together they stood alongside Optimus Prime as he annexed the planet Earth into Cybertron's Council of Worlds to prevent another Decepticon invasion. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} Aileron was awe-struck as the Autobots and Victorion tore into the 'Cons, risking their lives for an alien race.

But it turns out those ungrateful aliens didn't ''like'' the great Prime annexing their planet for the greater good. The [[China|Chinese]] [[People's Liberation Army Mecha Force]] attacked and Sterling was killed before Aileron's horrified eyes; she switched to rage at these "monsters" killing her friend, before Optimus ordered her into her first battle to take out orbital lasers. Swiftly after, and after Prime had told her she was doing a good job holding it together, she saved the day by using the spacebridge to return to Cybertron and then come back to Beijing with the ''[[Skyroller]]''. Optimus was left asking what he'd just started, with Aileron telling him he'd done what he had to. At their rendezvous, Aileron further went and bawled out [[Pyra Magna]] and [[Alpha Trion]] for ''questioning the Prime'' when things were so rough!

Optimus had a vision that included her as the [[Mistress of Flame]] while Earth burned and people bowed to him, but that's probably all fine! {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth-takemetoyourleader.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|NOTHING WRONG HERE!]]

Things ''stopped'' being fine shortly after Optimus apologized for Sterling's death and again talked about ''not'' being divine. Aileron said he hadn't lied and ending war was worth dying for anyway, as long as those stupid fleshbags would just ''get it''. She grew frustrated over her fellow Autobots arguing about whether it was worth talking to Decepticons; as far as she was concerned, it was the ''humans'' murdering the Autobots, who were only trying to make things better! And when Prime just referred to Sterling's death as "grievances", Aileron made the ''entirely sensible'' decision to storm down to the [[White House]] and demand terms of surrender. The humans responded by shooting at her, prompting Optimus Prime and Victorion to intervene and bail her out. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

Following a disastrous meeting with the Council, Optimus brought Aileron with him when they returned to Caminus, where Optimus met with the Mistress of Flame. Prime explained that he had forgiven Aileron for her rash actions in Washington, and she listened as the Mistress outlined her theory—that Earth was one of the thirteen lost [[Titan (group)|Titan]] colonies—and Optimus was the thirteenth Prime of legend! With that done, Aileron returned to [[Monument Valley]] while Optimus met with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] aboard [[Sanctuary Station]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} With Soundwave's Decepticons now under Optimus's command, the united Cybertronian force prepared to storm Galvatron's underwater base. Aileron was eager to fight—and incensed that Optimus was being told to sit out the fight—but [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] ordered the Camien to stay behind. Aileron was therefore present when [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] bridged to Earth as part of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s propaganda venture, just as the [[Earth Defense Command]] moved in to take down the Transformers. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}}

[[File:AsAboveSoBelow-ailerontransforms.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ok, so it went pretty wrong.]]

Optimus ordered his troops not to fire on the encroaching humans, but Aileron, still stinging from the death of Sterling, followed Soundwave's call to action and engaged the humans in a dogfight. This was short-lived, however, as Soundwave had an epiphany, realizing that humans and Cybertronians were more alike than different and prompting him to abandon his attack. Seconds later, Optimus reached out and raised a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] from beneath the ground, driving the humans into a temporary retreat. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Aileron later watched as [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] assumed his city mode, becoming an embassy Optimus dubbed "[[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]". {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

Aileron was subsequently guarding the spacebridge to Cybertron when it was shanghaied by the recently revived [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], who blasted Aileron before she could warn any other Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} While Sentinel ran amok in the base, Aileron was unconscious and consigned to the city's sick bay. {{storylink|White Light}} Aileron recovered later and was present when Optimus and Soundwave returned to Autobot City. {{storylink|White Heat}}

[[File:TheDivineSourceOfLiberty-jerks.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Battle of the wrongdoers!]]

Some months later, at the beginning of Earth's [[Ore-13]] crisis, Aileron travelled from Sanctuary Station to meet with [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] in [[Germany]]. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} From there, the duo travelled to [[Mount Olympus]] to investigate the recent Ore-13 explosion there. Kup soon realized that the "explosion" wasn't what it seemed—the missing Ore-13 had been transported to [[Microspace|another dimension]], detonating the remaining crystals. On their way back through the city streets, they were suddenly accosted by the forces of [[M.A.S.K.]], a disguised strike team wielding reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology. Aileron clashed with [[Brad Turner]] before [[Matt Trakker]] and the [[Thunderhawk]] took out her long-range communications. With Kup incapacitated and taken prisoner by [[Miles Mayhem]], the elderly Autobot instructed Aileron to retreat and warn Optimus Prime. Aileron managed to evade the airborne M.A.S.K. vehicles and escape. {{storylink|The Divine Source of Liberty}}

A damaged Aileron limped back to the Autobot base to warn the other Autobots about what she and Kup had learned during their time in Greece. Soundwave correctly identified the other dimension as Microspace, sparking a debate about their next course of action... a debate that only intensified when alien knight templar [[Rom]] opted to take matters into his own hands. {{storylink|O Ship of State}} When the evil [[Baron Karza]] revealed himself as the true mastermind behind the crisis, Aileron took part in the massive pan-factional battle that saw the Autobots, Rom, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and M.A.S.K. team up against the Baron's monstrous fused form, incorporating Cybertronian technology and the supernatural powers of the [[Dire Wraith]]s. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

[[File:Post-acolytes.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

While she stuck with Optimus in the aftermath, she was souring on him and had stopped believing he was anything too grand. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} Believing that he could leverage his status as the mythical Thirteenth Prime, "[[Thirteenth Prime|The Arisen]]," Aileron accompanied Prime on a tour of the colony worlds, during which he called upon the faithful to join him on Earth. {{storylink|Post}} {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} Prime's efforts would be rewarded with a group of [[Colonist Soldiers|devout rookie Autobots]]: though their blind religious zeal concerned Aileron and most of the veterans, who worried that Prime was beginning to behave differently as a result of this hero-worship.

On one of their first missions, Aileron led the rookies to [[Mexico City]] to uphold the [[Tyrest Accord]] by finding and neutralizing a cache of black-market [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] weapons derived from Cybertronian technology. Finding that an anti-Cybertronian protest had already broken out, their attempts at performing crowd control failed when [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] got shot by a human wielding one of the weapons they had been sent to find.

[[File:ToWalkAmongTheChosen-AileronandJetfire.jpg|thumb|left|300px| Did YOU do something wrong?]]

Shortly afterwards, Aileron was part of Optimus' big group that met a massive [[Junkion (species)|alien]] spacecraft in the [[Alps]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} She watched as Prime met with Junkion leaders [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Rum-Maj]], only to be interrupted by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Back at Autobot City, she provided security as Prime took the two aliens on a tour of their Earth embassy. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

Aileron accompanied Prime to Cybertron when the Autobot leader met with the Council of Worlds; {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} though she snapped at the pious colonists on returning to Earth, she nevertheless stood by them when Pyra Magna finally confronted Optimus and his cynical manipulation of their faith. At a summit between Earthlings, Cybertronians, and Junkions, she provided security, which came in handy when the Junkions betrayed the fragile peace with a school of deadly [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Aileron helped evacuate several human leaders, including the [[United States of America|United States]] [[President of the United States|President]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} Ultimately, Optimus Prime managed to reach a truce with the defeated Junkions as Aileron and Jetfire watched on. The Cybertronians and Junkions relocated to the [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] to begin the construction of "[[Little Cybertron]]": a new city for Transformers, Junkions, and Sharkticons alike. Aileron and Jetfire watched as the united races set about building the city; though Aileron was still skeptical about Prime's recent actions, Jetfire was heartened by his leader's ability to show that he had changed for the better. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

[[File:TheLifeOfSideswipe-goodbyesideswipe.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Aileron later visited Autobot City's medical bay to check up on [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]], who had shown no signs of recovering from his worsening coma. Remembering her friend Sterling, Aileron tried to comfort Arcee, who had come to pay Sideswipe a visit... only for the pink Autobot to snap at her that she didn't ''have'' any friends, because everyone thought she was crazy. Aileron quietly replied that she didn't think so. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}}

As tensions continued to mount among the Autobots and their allies, Aileron, feeling increasingly alone, turned to Jetfire for solace. Jetfire told her about a time when he felt the same way. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}}

When Sideswipe finally passed away, Aileron joined Arcee on the deck of Metrotitan. Aileron offered her condolences and mentioned that, according to the Way of Flame, all Sparks would be reincarnated. Arcee wasn't quite taken by the idea, wondering what it would be like if everyone she and Sideswipe had killed came back to life... but nevertheless, asked Aileron to stay with her as she looked to the stars and said a final farewell to Sideswipe. {{storylink|The Life of Sideswipe}}

[[File:PrimelessPart1-ColonistsRollOut.jpg|thumb|left|300px|I bet you think that we're going to drive this joke into the ground, but you'd be wrong!]]

When the time came for Earth to formally join the Council of Worlds as a member, AIleron was one of the Autobots who stayed behind aboard Metrotitan, coordinating the movement of various diplomats and representatives through Metrotitan's [[space bridge]] to Cybertron. With Optimus and his retinue offworld, [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Cybertron disabled the bridge and left the Earthbound Transformers rudderless. Aileron quickly took command of the deteriorating situation; while Jetfire and the others worked to restore communications with Cybertron, Aileron decided to keep the anxious colonists out of everyone's hair and brought them with her in an effort to track down [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]], {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}} who had gone missing following a human sting operation. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}}

The trail brought them to a small town in [[Oaxaca]], where the Autobots ran afoul of more humans wielding Cybertronian weaponry. Caught between a diplomatic incident and their own safety, Aileron and the others retreated to the outskirts of town. Forced to contend with Slide's mounting frustration with her leadership and the Autobot cause, the Camien deicded that they would instead follow the trail of illegal arms back to their source. Despite sticking up for Prime when Slide pointed out his increasing ruthlessness, Slide's words began to influence the colonists as they travelled... and eventually, she and [[Gimlet]] stumbled across Jazz, under fire from a group of human militants. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

[[File:PrimelessPart1-AileronAndSlide.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Aileron ordered her team to take out the humans attacking the Autobot, and after scaring off Jazz's attackers and forcing [[Mateo Chavez|one of the humans]] to lead the Autobots back to the dealers, they discovered that the entire arms trade had been masterminded by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], who were looking for a quick buck. Aileron realized that she couldn't arrest the two Decepticons without provoking factional tensions, and that she and the colonists would have to cover up the entire incident. As a depressed Jazz drove off to go it alone, Slide's attitude prompted Aileron to snap and tell her to shut up. After quietly disposing of the guns, the Autobots returned to Metrotitan with none of the other Autobots any the wiser about what they'd done. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

[[File:StarscreamTheMovie-prison.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Well, my brother, what's it going to be? Your nation, or a life of treachery?" "Choose treachery, it's more fun!"]]

Following the defeat of the [[Iron Ring]], {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} Aileron joined the cast of [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]'s [[Starscream: The Movie (film)|ill-conceived biopic]] about the life of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], and played [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] in the hastily rewritten ending that followed the impeachment and arrest of its subject. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}

Some time later, Aileron had returned to Optimus Prime's detachment on Earth. She and Arcee chatted about the new [[protoform]]s on Cybertron before Aileron was dragged into an argument with Slide. An exasperated Aileron eventually hauled Slide in front of Optimus after the [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisien]] went too far. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} When [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and the [[Liege Maximo]] arrived to parley with the [[Council of Worlds]], Aileron put through a call to Soundwave, warning him that his presence was requested on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} When it became clear that the situation in Iacon was spiralling out of control, however, Metrotitan himself opted to bridge to Cybertron, dragging all of his passengers, save for the Colonist Soldiers below, along with him. The Titan arrived too late, however: Onyx's manipulations had already plunged the city into chaos, and Metrotitan himself was blasted and fatally wounded by Onyx's own Titan, [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]], crashing to the ground. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}}

It soon became clear that "Onyx Prime" was not who he seemed—the ancient Prime was, in reality, a time-travelling [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], who had, in the guise of Onyx, engineered the rise and fall of the ancient Primes so as to further his own long-term goal: for the Cybertronian race to be saved, he concluded that Cybertron and all of its culture must be destroyed utterly so that the Cybertronian race could begin anew on another world. As Aileron and the other survivors clambered free of Metrotitan's body, they found themselves beset by Liege Maximo's [[Maximal]]s, and while Arcee held off the horde Aileron helped the injured Jetfire to safety. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}}

[[File:Arcee and Aileron.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|"They seem to be very good friends."]]

After Jetfire told the Camien exactly who Shockwave was, Aileron tried to find the bright side in the situation: if "Onyx" wasn't a ''true'' Prime, then perhaps they could beat him and his forces. As the pair searched for Arcee, unaware that she'd been taken hostage by Liege Maximo, the pair found themselves confronted by Shockwave himself, who told them that Jetfire was needed for the final stage of his plan {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}—neither of them aware that Jetfire was simply bait for Pyra Magna so that she could host Prime's now bodiless mind, trapped in [[infraspace]] by Shockwave's manipulations. Arcee, meanwhile, was able to free herself from Maximal custody by manipulating Liege Maximo's supply of [[Ore-4]], sending her and the others plummeting to their deaths... if it weren't for Aileron using her flying alternate mode to safely catch Arcee as she fell, saving her life, and the Camien found herself unexpectedly kissed by Arcee as thanks.

Although Pyra Magna was able to defeat and arrest Shockwave, the united forces of Cybertron had failed to stop Shockwave's ultimate plan—for [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] had already awoken. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} As Unicron began its assault on the galaxy, devouring one [[Cybertronian colonies|colony]] after the next, Aileron was part of the Cybertronian detachment that travelled to [[Rom]]'s homeworld of [[Elonia]] under the command of a recently resurrected Optimus, helping to evacuate two-thirds of the population with experimental spacebridge technology before it was annihilated by the planet-eater. {{storylink|Our Darkest}}

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Unicron rampaged its way through one colony after the next until only Aileron's homeworld of Caminus remained, and it was there that Prime chose to make a stand against Unicron. As the [[Autobot fleet]] engaged Unicron and the Maximal horde in orbit, Aileron and several other Camiens helped coordinate an emergency evacuation of the planet—but despite Prime's best efforts, the combined firepower of the Council of Worlds was unable to stop Unicron from destroying Aileron's homeworld. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}} Still dealing with the loss of her home, and finding no solace in Arcee's stoicism, the pair were interrupted by [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]; revealing her own past as a warrior during Cybertron's first age of expansion, Aileron accompanied Bumblebee as the yellow Autobot sought out the advice of a comatose [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Through a mystical vision, Bumblebee learned that Unicron had been created as a weapon ''against'' Cybertronians all those years ago, in response to "Onyx's" invasion of the planet [[Antilla]]—but no sooner had Bumblebee digested the meaning of this vision than Unicron himself appeared over Cybertron in his new robot mode, intent on completing his mission of Cybertronian extinction. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

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The two hurried to Metroplex to share their findings with the representatives of the Council of Worlds, only to find that their news had paralyzed the already stricken Council. Windblade expressed frustration at the genocidal history of Cybertron... and Arcee pointing out that Caminus, and all the colonies, had been ''built'' atop that genocide, despite Aileron's best attempts to mediate. {{storylink|Our Finest}} As Unicron began tearing Cybertron apart, unexpected help came from the [[Prysmosian]]s of [[New Prysmos]], who had come into possession of the mystical [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] responsible for Unicron's creation in the first place. Uisng its [[magic]], the aliens projected a magical beam of energy that transported Cybertronians to Earth; while Optimus leapt to save as many Cybertronians as possible, he ordered Aileron to activate Metroplex's own spacebridge at the last possible moment—and as Cybertron broke apart, Metroplex rematerialized on Earth, atop [[Victoria Falls]], with the rest of the Cybertronian refugees. Aileron took a brief moment to reunite with Arcee before receiving word from [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]: Unicron was now on his way to Earth. {{storylink|Road's End}} As the refugees regrouped in anticipation of the final battle, Aileron threatened to punch Starscream after the Seeker undercut Prime's latest speech. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} That night, Aileron attended Jetfire's briefing on everything they knew about Unicron, and learned that the monster planet drew energy from a [[black hole]] in his center: if left unchecked, Unicron's attacks would imperil the entire galaxy. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}}

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On the night before Unicron's arrival, Aileron took a moment to embrace Arcee, {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} and in a later conversation with Optimus Prime, Arcee opined that her new love meant that she now had something to ''lose'' if Unicron won. As dawn broke, Aileron ran up to the pair to bring news: the Maximals were indeed on their way... but so were the united forces of Earth, buying time for the Cybertronians and their allies to teleport into Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Assembly (Unicron)|Assembly}} Aileron took part in the final battle against Unicron and his forces, a diversion while Prime, Arcee, and the three Seekers attempted to kill Unicron from within by using the Talisman that had created him. She rallied the survivors to fight even harder after Ironhide was ripped in half by a Maximal, and later watched incredulously as Starscream sacrificed himself to activate the device. When Unicron himself finally died—due in part to Prime's own heroic sacrifice—she used her altmode to rescue Bumblebee and Arcee from Unicron's collapsing mass, and the trio made a safe landing on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where the two lovers joyfully reunited. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

In the days that followed, Aileron, Jetfire, and the surviving members of the Colonist Soldiers set out on a deep-space exploration mission, meaning that they all missed Prime's funeral. {{storylink|Post}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
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At some point, Aileron posed in a group photo with many other Cybertronians, including [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. {{storylink|Open Comms}}

Out amongst the colonies after the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Aileron was member of the covert ops unit known as the [[Wreckers]]. Using a traveling stunt show as their cover, the Wreckers tried to put out hot spots and tensions in the distant Cybertronian colonies. Publicly, Aileron was the Wreckers' stunt coordinator who planned the choreography and "stage work" for their shows. Privately, she was the unit's tactician who organized mission deployments and maintained their cover. Aileron's meticulous, no-nonsense personality often clashed with the improvisation of the team leader, [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]].

During an orbital drop stunt show, the Wreckers' broadcast was interrupted by a terrorist group calling itself [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]. Hailing from [[Velocitron]], Mayhem denounced the [[Speedia 500]] as an absurd means of choosing the planet's First Senator, and promised to deliver the choice of elections back to the servos of the people, by violence if necessary. Thunderclash and Aileron agreed the Wreckers needed to make an appearance on Velocitron to protect innocents. While Aileron had planned a covert insertion to be timed with their next stunt show to provide the team with alibis in perfect sync with her time table, Thunderclash just called the press as they arrived and publicly announced the Wreckers would be racing in the Speedia 500 as a show of support for the government. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}}

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Aileron begrudgingly went along with Thunderclash's impulsive new plan, and they spent the next few days getting to know the players on Velocitron and the racers involved. Aileron suspected Mayhem would have at least one sympathetic racer in the Speedia, but the Wreckers were unable to identify the culprit before hand. Aileron continued to raise doubts about Thunder Clash's strategy, but their debate was interrupted when their chronicler [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] located Mayhem, only to be fatally wounded. With their medic Minerva looking after Circuit, Aileron and the remaining Wreckers entered the race. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 2}}

Mayhem attacked the race course during the Speedia 500, bringing the Wreckers and racers together to fight the terrorists. Local [[Security Operations]] eventually intervened, but all surviving members of Mayhem escaped. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}} Later at the Veloctronian Senate, [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] of the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] party was sworn in as the winner and new First Senator. Mayhem made another attack on the Senate, and the Wreckers helped defend the senators and civilians. However, Minerva had disarmed an assassin and been caught with his weapon by Sec-Ops, leading to her arrest. With Minerva imprisoned and Circuit expiring from his injuries, Aileron questioned whether the Wreckers could even continue. Thunderclash tried to rally his unit, suggesting a membership drive for the Wreckers to gather more support and maintain the course. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Aileron was Optimus Prime's retainer and one of his close confidants. Although devoted to the Autobot cause, Aileron was a level-headed thinker who was unafraid to speak her mind. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game#Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle|Transformers Roleplaying Game Starter Bundle}}

==Notes==
* Aileron is colored to resemble the [[Renegade]] [[GoBot]] [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]].
* An {{w|aileron}} is a hinged surface on the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, used to control an aircraft's balance.
*According to [[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 1|''Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook'' #1]], Aileron is 22 feet (6.7 meters) tall and weighs 11 tons (10 metric tons).

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Aileron''' (에일러론 ''Eilleolon'')

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