Talk:Flash (G1)

2025-03-28T03:43:48Z

Hrjhrjrj:

The vehicle mode is NOT based on a Diablo, but an obscure sports car from the 90's which I have trouble remembering the name of. I hope I can find the magazine I first saw it in so I can figure it out eventually, but either way it's no Diablo. It just happens to be slightly similar at the front and even that is a stretch.
: The curve of the windows and the back-end of the car is ALSO similar to a Diablo. It's not impossible that there's some obscure European car that Flash resembles more, but I feel skeptical at the moment considering how much Flash looks like every other Diablo Transformers has done, which is several. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:46, 26 November 2010 (EST)

The original commenter is correct, it's clearly a Cizeta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cizeta-Moroder_V16T). The reason it is reminiscent to a Diablo is that it is a modified version of the initial Diablo design by Gandini which was toned down for the Diablo but ultimately basically revived in the V16T.[[User:Hrjhrjrj|Hrjhrjrj]] ([[User talk:Hrjhrjrj|talk]]) 23:43, 27 March 2025 (EDT)

Flash (G1)

2025-03-28T03:40:33Z

Hrjhrjrj:

{{disambigm|Flash (disambiguation)|Brake-Neck (disambiguation)}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Flash is an [[Autobot]] [[Turbomaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:FlashG1-card.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Also known as "Savior of the universe!" and "The Fastest Bot Alive!".]]
'''Flash''' (aka '''Breakneck''')'s entire job is to be shot at. He uses his blazing fast speed to draw [[Decepticon]] fire away from his teammates. He's a show-off stuntman whose antics are as irritating to his fellow Autobots as they are to the Decepticons trying (and failing) to blast him, but his teammates tolerate him because hey, ''he's'' the guy getting shot at, not them.

He's also not too shabby a fighter, specializing in using his turbine engine to get in close enough to surprised aerial foes to peel off a few good shots of his own.

==Fiction==
===Predator Air Attack!===
[[File:G1 Flash cataloguecomic.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm flying blind on a rocket-cycle!"]]

"Breakneck" (aka Flash) acted as a decoy, racing across the land in an attempt to warn the Autobot base of an imminent Decepticon surprise attack. However, he unwittingly led the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]]s to the base and was unaware that he was already too late. {{storylink|Predator Air Attack!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath3 Turbomasters meeting.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I got a seat at the big conference table...I'm going to paint my logo on it!"]]

After the conquest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], Flash and the rest of the Turbomasters evaded capture and participated in the Autobot underground resistance. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} Flash became highly frustrated at their lack of offensive action against the Decepticons, and he was aghast when [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] briefed the Turbomasters in the [[Iacon Command|Think-Tank]] about the attempt to locate the missing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When Perceptor left them alone, however, the Turbomasters partook in a game of [[Cybertronian sport#tear'n'chase|tear'n'chase]]. Flash evaded his pursuing teammates, but accidentally drove into the [[Dimensional Interface Assembly]], sending him [[Quintessa (planet)|somewhere very far from home]]... {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
Flash managed to evade a gang of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and [[Allicon]]s, and eventually found his way into a citadel, where he learned through eavesdropping that the Quintessons had provided Megatron with his army in exchange for the promised delivery of Cybertron's core. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} Flash was found out by the Quintessons, but managed to escape them and their Sharkticons by using his vehicle mode's superior speed. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} He was unfortunately unable to lose his pursuers on his return-trip to Cybertron however, and wound up damaged beyond repair. Before his death, he delivered information to his fellow Turbomasters proving that Megatron was involved with the Quintessons, which in turn pitted the Decepticon's allies against him. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
During the five [[Units of time|stellar cycles]] prior to the rise of the "second generation" of Transformers on [[Earth]], Flash worked with [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]], [[Boss (G1)|Boss]], and [[Hurricane]] in clearing out Decepticon nests all across the galaxy. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux|Scorch's profile}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Flash.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Haw! Get a load of "[[Spider-Man|Puny Parker]]"!]]
<ul class ="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Flash''' (Small Turbomaster, 1992)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Engine/missile launcher, 3 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Flash transforms into a modified Cizeta-Moroder V16T sports car. Like all Turbomasters, Flash has a turbine-engine accessory that becomes a spring-loaded missile launcher weapon for [[robot mode]]. The missiles on these toys are noteworthy for being far too small to pass U.S. [[for safety reasons|safety testing]].

: This mold was released in Japan with no changes as [[Spin Road]], a completely separate character.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Autobot/Flash/flash.htm More information on Flash at TFU.info]''
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==Note==
* Flash is pictured in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], along with the other three small Turbomasters, in the Predator [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]'s [[Megavisor]] slide.
*Unlike most of his fellow Turbomasters, Flash was ''not'' given a different name for the French/Dutch packaging that was also available in Europe (which called the group "Canon Masters" {{Sic}}). Oddly, Flash was also inexplicably named "Breakneck" in the English and German versions of the "Predator Air Attack!" catalogue story.
*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Deluxe|''Prime'' Bumblebee]] into Flash.<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:European-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

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2025-03-28T03:39:22Z

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