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The Return of Blurr

2022-07-08T23:29:06Z

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|prev=Prevenge
|next=The Hot Rod
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|next2=Trial of Megatron, Part 1
|prev2=The Stunti-Con Job
|title="The Return of Blurr"
|image=The Return of Blurr - Sari and Cube.jpg
|caption=
|written by=[[Marty Isenberg]]
|directed by=[[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
|original presentation=12:00pm [[June 21]], [[2015]] (BotCon)
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity|''Animated'' cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''While on a field trip to the Metroplex with her classmates, Sari stumbles upon a certain incapacitated Autobot Intelligence agent.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]], having joined her Autobot friends on Cybertron to learn more about her heritage, is joining [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]'s class on a field trip to the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]. While Arcee welcomes her to the group, her classmates [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]], [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]], and [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]] are a bit hung up on her techno-organic nature. As the class enters the Metroplex, Sari gets out a burger and cup of soda from Burger Bot, which [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|her father]] has sent her via the [[space bridge|SpaceBridge]]. Her classmates are openly disgusted by the Burger Bot fare and the idea of anyone ingesting it.

Embarrassed, Sari decides to quietly dispose of her soda cup in a disposal hatch, but she loses her balance and tumbles down the chute along with it, unnoticed by Arcee and her classmates. Sari lands in a dark room, on top of a pile of trash and debris, and touches a compacted metal cube. The cube then begins to glow and starts speaking, revealing itself as [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]. While Blurr very quickly recaps how he ended up in this state, Sari realizes that some lingering [[AllSpark#Animated continuity family|AllSpark]] energy from when she upgraded herself must have reactivated Blurr.

Sari searches for an exit and comes across an access panel. Making use of her ability to communicate with machines, she attempts to use the panel to open a door. She succeeds, but in doing so also inadvertently awakens an energy-based being, which the narrator reveals to be [[Kremzeek]].

Meanwhile, Arcee takes a headcount once her group reaches the Council Chamber, finally noticing that Sari is missing. An alert sounds, saying there's an intruder in the recycling center, and Arcee takes it as a clue to Sari's whereabouts.

The scene cuts back to Sari and Blurr, who have ended up on a conveyor belt in the [[Central Cybertronian Recycling Plant]] that leads to a variety of nasty machines designed to reduce recyclables to scrap. Blurr informs Sari that the plant has thankfully been non-operational since the Great War, but unfortunately Kremzeek zaps into the machinery and reactivates it. Blurr voices an adamant desire to avoid repeating his compacting incident—or facing a smelter. Sari attempts to communicate with the machinery and discovers Kremzeek's presence. Kremzeek in turn lashes Sari to the conveyor belt to prevent her escape and trap her and the Blurr Cube on a course to the furnace.

[[File:Return of Blurr - Recycling Center.jpg|thumb|left|200px|See? This is why I don't recycle!]]All hope seems lost, and the narrator pauses for dramatic effect...before revealing that Arcee's group has made it just in time. Using Hosehead's hoses, Arcee's laser blades, Siren's sonic power, and Nightbeat's adhesive-spewing pellets, the team frees Sari and the Blurr Cube and destroys the machinery. The narrator laments that the scene would have looked fantastic in animation, if only Season 4 had been produced.

Blurr, in typical rapid fashion, recaps the story so far for the rest of the group. When Arcee hears of the being made of pure energy, she recalls info from her intel days and identifies Kremzeek as a Decepticon Trojan program that will continue to jump from system to system until it is contained. Sari realizes that the plant's machinery is now void of Kremzeek's presence, but it turns out that's because it has jumped into Nightbeat. The Kremzeek-controlled Nightbeat attacks Sari and takes off in vehicle mode. As Kremzeek conveniently states, it's headed for [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]], the Cybertronian defense hub. Arcee is able to close the security doors and cut off Kremzeek's exit just in time, while letting the team know that an invasion of Fortress Maximus' systems could destroy the entire planet.

The Kremzeek-possessed Nightbeat attacks Arcee, and she deflects with her laser swords, which she reveals were a gift from Ratchet. Cornered, Kremzeek jumps from Nightbeat into Siren, using his sonic abilities to blast a hole in the wall of the building. When Hosehead traps Kremzeek's host body with foam from his hoses, Kremzeek jumps bodies once more (this time into Hosehead), and flees through the hole. Sari pursues Kremzeek on a jetpack she produces from her conveniently appearing scooter and catches up to it in a tunnel. However, just as she grabs its host, it leaps from Hosehead into her jetpack, blasting off toward Fortress Maximus on its own.

Hosehead laments that they'll never catch Kremzeek in time, but he gives Sari an idea. She connects the Blurr Cube to her backpack and somehow manages to infuse herself with Blurr's abilities. Arcee latches onto Sari, and the three of them zoom off after Kremzeek. Blurr remarks that this phenomenon is probably stretching the limits of credibility. They zip past [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] and [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]], establishing the timing of this story as some point during "[[The Stunti-Con Job]]". As the team continues to zoom toward Fortress Maximus, Blurr and Arcee banter over the best route to take.

The scene cuts to [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], held in stasis lock inside [[Trypticon Prison]]. The narrator makes note that we can't hear them because of [[Corey Burton]]'s absence, but he describes as Shockwave somehow realizes that his failsafe Kremzeek program has been activated and is out to destroy Cybertron. When questioned by Megatron about the reasoning behind the program, Shockwave admits that the Decepticons weren't supposed to be on Cybertron when it activated.

Inside the Fortress Maximus Control Center, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Magnus]] fails to notice as Kremzeek flies into the room and jumps from Sari's jetpack to the central control system. [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] are alarmed to notice that the photon pulse cannons are activating and targeting [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Sari, Arcee, and the Blurr Cube rush into the room, and Sentinel demands to know how they got past security. Blurr starts to answer, but Sari cuts him off by going straight for the control panel, attempting to gain control over the system and shut down the cannon.

As Arcee attempts to warn her, Kremzeek jumps from the control system into Sari. However, since Sari is techno-organic, Kremzeek struggles in its attempt to take control of her, and Sari is able to burp it up, quickly trapping it in her empty soda cup from earlier.

With the day saved, the narrator cuts to the [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo|CyberNinja Dojo]], where [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] restore Blurr to his original form using the power of the AllSpark. Arcee encourages her class to show some gratitude to Sari for saving them all, but of the three, only Nightbeat appears to take the instruction seriously, summing up the "[don't] judge a datatrax by its Techno-Organic cover" message. Blurr does gleeful laps around the dojo, ecstatic that he's been restored in time for Season 4. Upon learning that there is no Season 4, he decides to have his agent get him involved with ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', or perhaps, asking [[Susan Blu|Sue Blu]]'s input, he'll get into voice directing.

==Featured characters==
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* [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (2)
* [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]] (3)
* [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]] (4)
* [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]] (5)
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (6)
* [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]] (8)
* [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (12)
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (13)
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Magnus]] (14)
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* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (11)
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==Notes==
[[File:Botcon2015 TheReturnofBlurr Script Page01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Signed Script]]
*'''The cast:'''
** [[Susan Blu]]: [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Kremzeek]]
** [[John Moschitta]]: [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]]
** [[Frank Todaro]]: [[Narrator]]
** [[Jon Bailey]]: [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]], Announcer, [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (ad-lib), Sari's burp (ad-lib)
** [[Laura Hale]]: [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]], [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
** [[Brian Orms]]: [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]], [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]]
** [[Laura Knapton]]: [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]], [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
** [[Jim Sorenson]]: [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel <s>Prime</s> Magnus]]
* Brian and the two Lauras were the winners of the So You Think You Can Voice Act? auditions held earlier in the day.
* Characters mentioned include: [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], [[Tutor Bot]], Sari's [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|dad]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], John Moschitta, [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]], ''Transformers: Prime'' [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Corey Burton]], [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], and Susan Blu.

===Continuity notes===
* The narrator hastily notes that this story takes place during the events of [[BotCon 2011]]'s "[[The Stunti-Con Job]]" to explain Cheetor and Sideswipe's cameo, as Sideswipe retired and went to live on an [[Energon farm]] at the end of that story. Since cube Blurr appears at [[Team Stunticon]]'s show, the story up to Kremzeek's capture must take place sometime before that scene, with the restoration of Blurr's body occurring later on.
* As Blurr relays, he was crushed into a cube by Shockwave so as to preserve the Decepticon's cover, in "Animated" episode "[[TransWarped]]". When we last saw him, "Longarm Prime" had Cliffjumper dump him down the trash chute; it wasn't obvious in the episode itself, but the animation model for the Blurr cube showed his spark was still pulsing, setting up the story here. It's also mentioned how he was lost in space with two Starscream clones after a [[space bridge]] accident; Blurr, Thundercracker, and Skywarp were sent through the bridge in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]".
* Arcee has taken back up her old teaching job, as was stated in Sari Sumdac's profile in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.
* Nightbeat and Siren were introduced in ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', the former in her own profile, and the latter on the menu of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. Hosehead makes his first appearance here.
* Sari came to Cybertron with the Autobots in "[[Endgame, Part II]]". It was in that episode that Prowl died, using his spark to help restore the AllSpark.
* Arcee mentions that she spent a long time in the infirmary of the Metroplex after having her memory wiped. Her memory was wiped by Ratchet when he overloaded his EMP to prevent [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] from recovering information she carried, in "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]". She was seen in the infirmary in "TransWarped" and "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]".
* Sari remembers Blurr from Bumblebee's complaints about him; the two had something of a (one-sided) rivalry starting with "[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]]".
* Sari has residual AllSpark energy left over when she upgraded herself with her key in "TransWarped"; this energy helps bring Blurr back online. Sari gained technopathic abilities as a result of this upgrade, and used them to help bring Arcee back online in "Endgame, Part II".
* Sari received her transforming scooter as a Christmas present from her father in "[[Human Error, Part I]]".
* The Metroplex and the SpaceBridge Nexus were first seen in "TransWarped". Fortress Maximus was first seen in "This Is Why I Hate Machines".
* Autobot Boot Camp was seen in "[[Autoboot Camp]]". The Cyber-Ninja Dojo was seen "[[Five Servos of Doom]]". The ''Animated'' version of Maccadam's Old Oil House, along with the underground tunnels, were seen in "This Is Why I Hate Machines". Avalon Boulevard, Eronus Way, Dolrailer Spaceport, and Trypticon Prison were all first seen in ''The AllSpark Almanac II'', deriving their names from a variety of sources, including the traitorous Autobot [[Avalon (Energon)|Avalon]] from the Dreamwave ''Energon'' comic; the High Council member [[Eronus]] from Dreamwave Productions' ''The Age of Wrath''; Dolrailer, the Japanese name of [[Mega-Octane]] from ''Robots in Disguise''; and of course the Decepticon city-bot [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], though the prison was actually first created for the unproduced fourth season of ''Animated''. The Decepticons were revealed to be incarcerated at Trypticon Prison in "The Stunti-Con Job".
* Ultra Magnus was assaulted by Shockwave in "[[Where Is Thy Sting?]]"
* ''The AllSpark Almanac II'' termed the Fortress Maximus' cannon as a [[photon pulse cannon]], the weapons of ''Generation 1'' [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]].

===Transformers references===
* Nightbeat, Siren, and Hosehead are all part of the same class; their ''Generation 1'' counterparts were all part of the 1988 line of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] toys. Like his ''Generation 1'' counterpart, Siren is ''very'' loud. The three are referred to on the cover of the storybook as "Headmaster Jrs.", in reference to the [[Headmaster Junior|subgroup]] of Autobots from ''Super-God Masterforce'': [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]], [[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]], and [[Cab (human)|Cab]], who were the Japanese versions of the molds for the aforementioned ''Generation 1'' Headmasters.
* Siren, his only previous appearance being an image of his head in ''[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]'', is revealed to share the Earth-mode body type of [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Hosehead shares a body-type with the Earth form of Sentinel Prime.
* Nightbeat wonders if Sari is from one of the "Tri-Peninsular Torus States"; the [[Polities of Cybertron|Tri-Peninsular Torus State]] was introduced in Dreamwave Productions' ''The War Within'' comic mini-series. Nightbeat specifically mentions [[Protihex]] and [[Praxus]].
* As usual with the BotCon script readings, there are plenty of meta, fourth-wall breaking jokes to be had:
** The narrator notes that Blurr's revival will instill hope in fans "traumatized" by his seeming demise, and his voice actor John Moschitta.
** The narrator tells the audience to go buy the complete DVD set of ''Animated'' if they don't believe him.
** The narrator notes how Sari tended to accidentally cause trouble back in seasons 1 and 2.
** The narrator claims that the action would have looked better in animation, and somewhat smugly asks the audience if they wished Season 4 had been produced.
** Blurr explains that he was offline for a very long time-the rest of season 3. He also describes Sari's AllSpark saturation as a "plot device".
** Arcee's swords prompt Sari to ask when she turned into her ''Prime'' [[Arcee (WFC)|counterpart]], who also wielded a pair of blades.
** The narrator claims that Sari's scooter appears out of nowhere conveniently, like a ''Beast Wars'' weapon. In the ''Beast Wars'' series, the guns appeared from out of nowhere, usually with the characters reaching behind their backs as if it were stored there, due to the limitations of 90's computer animation.
** Blurr does a {{w|CinemaSins}} and complains about how unlikely it is that even with her upgraded form's strength, Sari shouldn't be able to hold onto him and Arcee and go as fast as she's going.
** The narrator notes that season 3 of ''Animated'' implied Ratchet had deeper feelings for Arcee.
** Arcee quips that her route has the only Cybertronian backgrounds that were designed.
** The conversation between Shockwave and Megatron is entirely relaid by the narrator, because Corey Burton (the voice actor for the pair) is "very far away".
** The narrator claims that Blurr's restoration causes one half of the fandom to be relieved, while the other half complains about a lack of real consequences for the universe.
** At the end of the story, Blurr is ready to appear in ''Animated'' season 4, having heard ''Transformers'' is back on [[Cartoon Network]]. Upon hearing that it is the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' series, he says they've already used that title, twice. The first was 2001's ''Robots in Disguise'', the English dubbed version of ''Car Robots''. The second was in 2012 with the IDW Publishing ''Robots in Disguise'' ongoing comic by [[John Barber]].
* Kremzeek was an energy being vaguely aligned with the Decepticons, seen in the Sunbow ''The Transformers'' episode "[[Kremzeek!]]". Like his counterpart, Kremzeek has the ability to enter machines, but differs in that he can control them, and has slightly higher intelligence.
* Arcee has gained a pair of laser blades, like her toy. She claims that she had Ratchet build her a pair of pointers for her lectures, only for him to get carried away.
* Cheetor shouts "jumpin' gyros" when Sari and the rest speed by, one of the catchphrases of ''Beast Wars'' [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Sideswipe notes that she kinda looks like a blue version of Cheetor; Cheetor's toy was redecoed from ''Animated'' Blurr's.

===Real-world references===
* Hosehead speaks like a stereotypical Canadian {{w|hoser}}, and mentions things like {{w|Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundlander}}s, hockey, and {{w|back bacon}}.
* Siren's speech patterns are inspired by comedian {{w|Bobcat Goldthwait}} and his character "Zed" from the ''{{w|Police Academy (franchise)|Police Academy}}'' films.
* Sari disparagingly calls Nightbeat "Sherlock," after famous fictional detective [[Sherlock Holmes]].
* "Fake-O Red-Bot Pop" is based on Faygo {{w|Red Pop}}, down to coming from Detroit.
* The narrator describes Blurr's speech as being as fast as a ''{{w|Micro Machines}}'' commercial; actor John Moschitta narrated the commercials for the small toy cars.

===Other trivia===
[[File:TheReturnOfBlurrStorybookcover.jpg|thumb|right]]
* Several of the ideas presented here-such as Sari's SpaceBridge portal to Earth and Arcee's "laser pointers"-are from Marty Isenberg's outline for the [[Trial of Megatron, Part 1|first episode]] of the un-produced season 4 of ''Animated''.
* The live script reading was accompanied by eight illustrations projected on the screen, with lineart by [[Naoto Tsushima]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]].
* The script and the eight accompanying illustrations were later published as a [[Big Looker Storybook|Big Looker]]-style storybook sold first at [[BotCon 2016]] and later on the Collector's Club website (see right). New artwork included:
** The cover, with a close up of the image of Blurr's crushed form, along with the character models for Siren, Hosehead, and Nightbeat, by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].
** A "This book belongs to" page, in emulation of classic storybooks, accompanied by the character model for [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]].
** Page breaks with the stylized Autobot symbol from ''Animated'', which also appears alongside the stylized Decepticon symbol on the copyright page.
** A new piece of art on the credits page by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Thomas Deer]]. It depicts Sari, Blurr, and the Headmaster Jrs running from the Metroplex as smoke and fire damage pours out of it, alongside Sideswipe, Cheetor, and two [[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]]. Observing them in the background are Jackpot, [[Longrack (Animated)|Longrack]], [[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]], and [[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]]. This is an excerpt (specifically, the top-left quadrant) of a much larger piece titled "Stunticons on the Loose", which was sold in lithograph form at BotCon 2016.
** An advertisement on the back for a fake storybook version of [[BotCon 2016]] script reading, "[[The Hot Rod]]".

==External links==
"The Return of Blurr" live recording and original art:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmO-PyRmT-g Video on YouTube]

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Thunderblast (Decepticon)

2022-05-29T06:39:28Z

QAThunderBlast:

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:''Thunderblast is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Thunderblast-Galvatron-DVD-cover.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Does anyone find it creepy how she just blends into Galvatron?]]

'''Thunderblast''' is obsessed with power. She craves it, but rather than directly attaining it herself, she instead seeks to gain power by latching onto a male Decepticon who has it. She forms an instant infatuation with the strongest Decepticon she can find... but as soon as the power structure shifts, so does the focus of her affections. She is usually seen clinging all lovey-dovey to [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], ignoring the fact that he has no interest in her whatsoever beyond her ability to follow orders and destroy Autobots (and be used as a disposable pawn if necessary).

Though she's fickle and flighty (and greedy and selfish and opportunistic and vain and overconfident and...) she's not ''stupid''. She knows how to use her wiles to get what she wants and is always looking for suckers to manipulate to her advantage. She knows [[Autobot]]s are generally reluctant to shoot at a female (especially one as pretty as she ''thinks'' she is) and uses that to her advantage as long as she can... at least, long enough to give them a face full of missiles. She's an effective warrior as most are on land but when it comes to aquatic combat, few can match her skill.

She seems to have something resembling an actual friendship with her fellow "demon" [[Lugnutz]], despite his mellow, unambitious nature. And while she's generally disappointed if guys aren't fawning over her, she's found that she wants nothing to do with the geeky [[Shortround (Cybertron)|Shortround]], who is always head over wheels in love with her. On the other end of the spectrum, she has quickly gained the undying hatred of the [[human]] girl [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]].

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==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Maryke Hendrikse]] (English), [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese)|[[Silvia Sarmentera]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Pauliina Virta]] (Finnish), [[Frida Nilsson]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Thunderboobies.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Jeez. Let the animators go home to their wives once in a while, for God's sake.]]

Thunderblast arrived on [[Earth]] in the colony ship ''[[Atlantis]]'' millions of years ago. While the Autobots watched over and guided [[human]] evolution, the Decepticons terrorized the humans, inspiring the myths and legends of old; Thunderblast was the inspiration for the myth of [[Lorelei]] and the [[Siren (creature)|Siren]]s. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Thunderblast's Cyber Key Code text}} These "monsters" were rounded up by the "monster hunter" [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]], who locked up the criminals inside a prison located in the center of the Earth (called the {{w|Hollow Earth|"Earth's Navel"}}) where they stayed until they were released by [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in the present day. {{storylink|Assault}}

In the seas of the South Pacific, Thunderblast is out looking for some fun, and scans a human speedboat for an alternate mode. As she is enjoying the sun and surf, Jetfire appears in the sky overhead, blocking her sun. They fight briefly with Jetfire getting shot down, before Thunderblast suddenly vanishes into thin air. Jetfire transmits the info to the Autobot base, where Scattorshot deduces that Thunderblast has disappeared into a [[Camouflage Shield]] that is hiding something in the middle of the ocean. Back at Starscream Volcano island base is using as a staging base, to which Thunderblast arrived just in time to witness Starscream adding the Earth's Cyber Planet Key to the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} She eventually leaves to to have more fun harassing a human ship by passing back and forth through the Camouflage Shield. She returns to the island before the Autobots arrive and joins up with Lugnutz. {{storylink|Critical}}

Thunderblast and Lugnutz defended Starscream's volcano-island base from the Autobots and Decepticons... up to a point. She is mostly engaged with Evac and the reinforcement Jetfire. Thundercracker also gets hit, being Thundercracker. {{storylink|Assault}} She unsuccessfully tries to prevent Wing Saber and Vector Prime from retrieving the Omega Lock, floating in magma as they fly away. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} While Lugnutz decided simply to wander away from the "heavy scene", Thunderblast found herself less than impressed with Starscream and took to following Megatron (whose power was just soooooo dreamy), joining his forces as they journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|United}} She channels a pink colored Energon field in excitement from the power of Megatron, gets annoyed at Ransack for being Ransack, and follows Megatron through warped space along with Scourge. Thunderblast laughs at Scourge taking damage, only to be shocked herself, but she is more amazed by Megatron's flawless body. She watches the seemingly final fight between Megatron and Optimus Prime in the [[fire dimension]] and despairs at Megatron's apparent death.{{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} She does not participate in the fight for leadership of the remaining Decepticons and wonders if leaving Starscream was a mistake. In the ensuring fight she quits partway since there is no point without Megatron around, and runs into what seems to be Megatron's ghost.{{storylink|Balance}}

[[File:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Baby, why you make me gotta hit you?]]

There, while admiring her looks in a mirrored satellite, she was interrupted by a super-sized Starscream who gave her the choice to steal the [[Omega Lock]] or get blasted to smithereens. She took the former option but managed to weasel her way out of it by lying to Starscream, luring him planetside, and then telling Megatron that she was ordered to attack him. Starscream arrived and the two bickered until they were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]. All parties involved rocketed off to fight, leaving her free to wander off unperturbed. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} Shortly afterwards, she tracked [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Wing Saber, leading Megatron to the missing [[Atlantis]] starship. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:ThunderblastVsLori.jpg||upright=1.1|thumb|left|Oh no you DI'INT!]]

When Megatron returned from the [[fire dimension]], Thunderblast and the others continued to follow him all the way to [[Gigantion]]. There, when she teamed up with [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] in a hunt for the planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]], they ran across an Autobot party consisting of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], Wing Saber and the [[human]] [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]]. Thunderblast and Lori very quickly got on each other's nerves, both browbeating Scourge. When Thunderblast took off, Lori scared Wing Saber into following, leaving Scourge and Override to duke it out.

Wing Saber chased Thunderblast through the lower levels, but it was a trap since the Decepticon was leading them to a harbor area and water combat was Thunderblast's element. Wing Saber took a fair pummeling, but Lori noticed a cluster of cranes and she set them up so Wing Saber could lure the overconfident "floozy" (in Lori's words). Thunderblast was crushed under half a dozen massive claws and Wing Saber took the chance to blast her while she was down, the explosion sending her flying away uncontrollably. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}}

[[File:Thunderblast-Giant.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Thunderblast is on the move, Thunderblast is loose!]]

When Megatron (now Galvatron) and Starscream dueled over the [[Omega Lock]] and the four Cyber Planet Keys, Thunderblast briefly wondered if she was infatuated with the wrong 'bot. But when Galvatron emerged victorious, she happily followed him back to Cybertron. There, she and the few remaining Decepticons still loyal to Galvatron ([[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]) were given a boost of Omega Lock power, super-sizing them so they could take on the massed armies that had gathered from all of the colony worlds to oppose them. After being assaulted (and insulted) by [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]], Thunderblast found herself going up against her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. Though she seemed shocked he'd side with the "good guys", she got over it pretty quickly and had no compunctions about trying to blow him away.

Ultimately, Galvatron's plot failed. Thunderblast realized that Galvatron was going to let her die in the cataclysm that his plan would have caused and she ran off along with the other now de-powered Decepticons. {{storylink|End}} When the rocket boosters built on the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] to push the world back to its normal place in the cosmos began to fail from an attack by Galvatron, the four Decepticons arrived cackling...and helped with the efforts to keep the thrusters upright and functional, deciding to try being on the winning team for once. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

[[File:Cyb ep51 new decepticons crash.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Men never ask for directions.]]

Afterwards, Thunderblast, Ransack and Crumplezone went to each world, trying to find a place to fit in and failing. Thunderblast in particular threw herself at about every strong male bot around but it seemed no one was even remotely interested. When the Autobots were ready to begin their [[space bridge]] initiative, the trio built a rickety rocket, shanghaied the reluctant Thundercracker (who was really enjoying being an Autobot) and took off for parts unknown as the [[New Decepticon Army]].

They made it as far as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before the rocket crashed. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}}}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:LegendsBusinessTrip11-villainladies.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|The only one not to be turned into fan service... because she already was. Dang it, ''Legends''.]]
In one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams, Thunderblast was among the evil female Transformers who sought to kidnap him and fought the heroic female Transformers who sought to protect him. During the battle, she jumped over [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] to unleash a barrage at Tigatron and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] with her launcher... and then Tigatron woke up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}
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===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
Thunderblast interviewed Mini-Cons [[Beta Maxx (Armada)|Beta Maxx]] and [[Caliburn (Armada)|Caliburn]] for readers of ''[[Venus (magazine)|Venus]]'', a trans-dimensional magazine for [[Female Transformer|Decepti-femmes]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:Thunderblast_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb|Unfortunately, her entire body's a single piece.]]
Thunderblast was among [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s troops when they discovered the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
The [[Mini-Con]] [[Thunderblast (Mini-Con)|Thunderblast]] named himself after the Decepticon of the same name, under the belief that others would fear him based on the name's reputation. Surprisingly, it worked several times. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/15}}

===Spacewarp's Log===
Thunderblast, Ransack, and Crumplezone were found by [[Spacewarp]] acting as goons for hire on [[Spensifax System|Spensifax D]] (or A) when the pirate was trying to steal a [[Reciprocating Inverted Subspace Knife]]. Thunderblast was happy to team up with the newcomer against her boss, but was less than pleased when Ransack turned her in. The two then spent some time flying around the Spensifax system, trying to escape, until Spacewarp got away with the RISK and Thunderblast patched things up with Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#|Spacewarp's Log (1), 2015/10/28}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cyb-toy ThunderblastDecep.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|She ships it.]]
*'''Thunderblast''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
**''Takara ID number'': '''GD-11'''
**''Takara release date'': [[July 14]], [[2005]]
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 torpedoes, Earth Cyber Key
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''dh62'''

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Thunderblast transforms into a speedboat of undetermined, probably made-up model via [[Shellformer|shellforming]]. She has a small, rotating (non-firing) machine gun on the front of her boat mode, and more importantly a large missile rack on a rotating and elevating base on the back. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of the missile rack opens it up to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher which uses the torpedoes mounted under her hydrofoils as ammunition. The rack becomes a hand-held weapon for her robot mode. In an undocumented feature, her machine gun can be removed from the front of the boat and pegged into the holes where the missile rack goes in robot mode, giving her a smaller choice of weapon.

: There are several small but significant differences between the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Galaxy Force'' "Chromia" and [[Hasbro]] ''Cybertron'' Thunderblast versions of the toy. The most important one is that the Takara release has a molding defect that gives her lopsided eyes, a defect that the Hasbro release fixes. There are several small [[paint operation]] changes between the two; the Hasbro version loses the silver on the boat mode torpedo racks, makes her silver upper chest armor a single application (the Takara version splits this in half, leaving her collar unpainted), and adds brighter lavender to the circular details on her chest and boat-mode. And of course, the Hasbro version adds a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] to the back of her Cyber Key.

: This mold was also used for [[BotCon 2009]] [[Elita One (G1)#Toys|Elita-1]] and was the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' version of [[Scylla#Beast Wars: Uprising|Scylla]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Thunderblast/thunderblast.htm More information on Thunderblast at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb-toy 3pk-SideBrimThunder.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|You had ONE JOB, Value Pack. ONE JOB.]]
*'''Sideways, Brimstone, Thunderblast''' ("Value Pack", 2005)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 torpedoes, Earth Cyber Key
**''Cyber Key Code'': '''dh62'''

: Thunderblast was also available in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] "Value Pack" alongside [[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)#Toys|Brimstone]] in late 2005; all three normally-carded toys were put in a large cardboard "sleeve" that let the bubbles stick out. This set retailed for $29.99... and since Deluxes were $9.99... not much of a "value" there.

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[[File:Chromia Minerva toy.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|Might not be the most inexplicable homage deco ever done, but it's certainly up there.]]
*'''Chromia White Version''' (DVD pack-in, 2005-[[February 22|02-22]])
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles, Earth Force Chip

: Packaged with limited editions of the ninth disc in the ''Galaxy Force'' DVD series, the white and red [[redeco]] Chromia White Version (クロミアホワイトバージョン) was an odd [[homage]] to the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Autobot]] [[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]]. This release uses the Hasbro version of the mold, with the corrected face sculpt.

: And due to the fact that this was a limited edition figure, later releases of the DVD did not include the toy.

: This deco of Chromia/Thunderblast was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the ''Cybertron'' Autobot [[Chromia (Cybertron)|Chromia]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/ChromiaWhiteVersion/chromia.htm More information on Chromia at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[File:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb|Hey, at least people aren't making fart jokes out of the name “Thunderblast”.]]

*Thunderblast's CG model has a pair of... well, bluntly, ''breasts'' under her chest armor, complete with protrusions that are pretty clearly meant to be nipples. While she isn't the first Transformer to have [[Blackarachnia (BW)|separate "breasts"]], the nipples are without question something no-one has had before or since. These are only visible in certain shots when the armor lifts up and the camera is looking up from below, most prominently in the episode "[[Memory (Cybertron)|Memory]]". The animators at [[GONZO]] obviously weren't taking enough cold showers.
*Kreon Thunderblast is made from existing [[Kre-O]] parts, like nearly all non-toy robot Kreons in the Kre-O comics. She uses the [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] helmet, 3X1 wing pieces (to simulate her original counterpart's [[kibble]]), a backpack piece, and a bazooka-gun.
*Thunderblast is inconsistent between using Earth and Decepticon Planet Keys in her stock footage. Presumably the later are animation errors, given she is an Earth native and her toy includes only an Earth key.
*Episodes 27-39 of Galaxy Force have her doing the "see you again" line, with her footage taken from vehicle mode transformation.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chromia''' (クロミア ''Kuromia'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mennykő''' ("Thunderbolt")
*''Korean:'' '''Chromia''' (크로미아 ''Keulomia'')
*''Russian:'' '''Molniya''' (Молния, "Lightning")

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