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Red Cross

2024-07-16T02:13:08Z

Transmutate: /* The history of Red Cross and Transformers */

The '''Red Cross''' is a charitable organization.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
The Red Cross found [[John Butler]] in the jungles of [[South America]] after he escaped the [[Decepticon]]s operating out of there. {{Storylink|Hunted!}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] realized the machinations of an [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|unknown party]], he ordered a retreat from a battle with [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Decepticon]]s. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] sarcastically noted that the Decepticons didn't look like they were there to collect for the Red Cross. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

==The history of Red Cross and ''Transformers''==
[[File:TLK BlueHound vs RedHound.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Back in the mid-80s and early-90s during the respective [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|toylines]]' run in Japan and the West, the [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Ratchet]], [[Minerva (human)#Toys|Minerva]] and [[Sireen#Toys|Sireen]] toys all sported the "red cross on white backdrop" logo as [[sticker]]s due to [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] not knowing that the logo was [[trademark]]ed by the Red Cross organizations, and that it was being used incorrectly, since the symbol represents humanitarian organizations that normally don't operate regular urban ambulances. While it initially didn't cause any particular issues at the time, the Hasbro team at the time seemingly caught onto this fact at some point (presumably) part way through [[1985]], which led to the removal of the red cross stickers on later releases of Ratchet's toys, and also led to a revision of Ratchet's [[character model]]s in season two of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon where the logos were removed from his vehicle mode, and his [[robot mode]] shoulders. Despite this revision to Ratchet's models being made, Ratchet's brief appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' still featured these logos, presumably due to the change being implemented in the cartoon while the film was already in production.

In [[2002]], the then-current Hasbro team working on ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Red Alert (Armada)#Toys|Red Alert]] wasn't aware of the trademark, and [[tampograph]]ed the logo onto the toy, while [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] simultaneously also used the logo for G1 Ratchet's appearances in their ''[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|Transformers: Generation 1]]'' comics, leading to a legal battle between Hasbro and Red Cross. After this, the planned crosses for ''Armada'' Red Alert's [[Powerlinx]] repaint were dropped, and subsequent Dreamwave issues featuring Ratchet gave him various replacement logos, including a [[:File:Ratchettww.jpg|Pac-Man-ized version of the logo]], a color-reversed version (which is the pattern of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] flag), an uncolored version—and sometimes, no logo at all.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=At the time, Hasbro had recently been taken to court by the Red Cross for using the trademarked Red Cross emblem on the Armada Red Alert toy. So Hasbro had to make sure the red cross was removed from any toy or licensed product (like a comic) including G1 Ratchet. This is also why they changed the cross logo to some made-up gear logo for the Armada Red Alert repaint [...] So, starting with TFG1 Vol.2 #2 we had to start coloring Ratchet a little differently, no big deal. When it BECAME a big deal was actually the above-shown TF G1 Vol.2 #3. During production of this issue the change was forgotten and Ratchet was colored the old way with red crosses showing. This actually happened while I was on vacation, and when I came back I saw the early print samples of the issue had just come in. After a quick review I noticed the mistake, and everybody scrambled trying to figure out what to do. I remember we tried begging Hasbro to let is slide just this once, but no go (their hands were really tied after the lawsuit). So the whole print run of the issue was pulped and reprinted. Not sure what the exact number of copies was, but it would have been at least 70,000 comics destroyed. Ouch! For comparison to these days comics, that would be the full prints runs at least 4 or 5 IDW Transformers comics.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830111944/http://www.lilformers.com/blog/2012/04/05/dreamslaves-4-red-crosses/|name=Matt Moylan|site=Lil Formers|title=DREAMSLAVES #4: Red Crosses|year=2012|month=04|day=05}}</ref> Since then, all modern ''Transformers'' toys can no longer sport the logo, as it could be considered an abuse of the symbol's meaning, so now [[Hasbro]] typically uses [[:File:AMH16-Ratchet.jpg|"electrocardiogram" graphics]] as a substitute, which is usually also reflected in fiction.

Despite this, the occasional flub still manages to slip through, with one of the more notable cases being ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]s' robot mode helmet (right), which featured the logo in the film's early trailers. The final release of the film initially muted the colors of the logo, while home media releases of the film changed the red of the crosses into a bluish-purple color instead. Initial stock renders and images of Hound's toys also featured the logo, but these were dropped on the final toy as well.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Human organizations]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1]]

Blitzwing (G1)/toys

2022-10-17T08:58:37Z

Transmutate: /* Legacy */

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[[File:G1 boxart Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
'''Blitzwing''' is the archetypal tank-jet [[Triple Changer]].

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from back-to-front tank to unflyable plane to feetless robot and back!]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''43'''
**''Accessories'': [[gyro-blaster rifle]], [[electron scimitar]], 3 [[concussion weapon|concussion missiles]]
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy (the only ''Transformers'' [[Triple Changer]] who had a previous ''Diaclone'' release), Blitzwing can transform from [[robot mode]] to two different [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s; a Soviet MiG-25 fighter jet or a Japanese Type-74 assault tank. Like most early G1 toys, he has little to no articulation in robot mode, with only his arms being able to move up and down a little. He does, however, have a swiveling turret and deployable front landing gear in his vehicle modes.

:All U.S. versions had the spring-loaded missile launchers severely weakened. The Japanese releases, however, kept the full-strength launching mechanisms. The tank turret on the original Blitzwing toy can be taken off, while later releases feature a turret that cannot be removed.

:This mold was returned to its ''Diaclone'' coloration and re-released in 2005 as [[Overcharge (G1)#Collector's Edition|Overcharge]], an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2005]])
**''ID number'': '''17'''
**''Accessories'': gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar, 3 concussion missiles
:Blitzwing was reissued as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series. Despite being included in the instruction manual, the [[rubsign]] was nowhere to be found on this version. The tank turret cannot be removed on this release.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Voyager Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ich bin wieder da! Und wo ist der verfluchte [[Warpath (G1)/toys|Bolschewist?!]] ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TakaraTomy-Generations-TG22-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mit der Geschwindigkeit eines Kampfjets und der Stärke eines Panzers! ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer Voyager, [[2013]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / 002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG22'''
**''Accessories'': rifle, scimitar, [[missile]]
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-[[2013]] ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Blitzwing is a modern reinterpretation of his original toy, and transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded cannon that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He comes with a blaster and a sword, both of which mount/are held by [[5 mm post]]. He features 5 mm ports for his hands, shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings, while both weapons have numerous additional posts and ports.

:In a nod to his ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Blitzwing (Animated)|incarnation]], he sports a face-swapping feature, allowing him to switch between a more traditional, visored face, a monocled face (inspired by the ''Animated'' character's 'Icy' persona), and a black jack-o'-lantern-like face (inspired by the ''Animated'' character's 'Random' persona). Unlike his inspiration however, the toy's faces spin vertically rather than horizontally.

:The toy is renowned for two significant [[design flaw]]s. The first is that tabs meant to anchor the robot shoulders to the chest never solidly lock into place—they are simply too far apart. This makes his shoulder assemblies swing up and out of his chest when the shoulders are rotated up. Pressing the shoulder slots into the chest tabs ''sometimes'' works to counter this, but it depends on the [[Quality control|tolerances]] of each individual figure. The problem can be completely eliminated with a little work:
:#For those not wishing to modify the toy itself, spacing material can be affixed to the back of the shoulder piece. This creates support in the back and allows the front tabs to remain in place.
:#Alternately, one can disassemble the figure and lightly sand the screw mounts and inside chest walls on the front half, bringing the back of the figure and the front closer together, and allowing the shoulder assemblies to lock in completely solid as originally intended. This has the potential risk of over-sanding, which prevents the legs from clipping securely to his chest for his vehicle modes.
:The second major flaw concerns the face-swapping feature; almost universally, this does not actually end up working because the rotating faces are rendered immobile by an excess of paint on the inside of the helmet, including the post the faces are mounted on. This can be fixed by dismantling the head, removing the faces, and trimming the excess paint in the helmet interior, or in some circumstances, by leaving the toy in a freezer until the inner-helmet paint becomes brittle enough to crack by exerting pressure on the faces, allowing the faces to move as designed. Unfortunately, the yellow paint is also prone to rubbing off when transformed due the rubber used to create the jet mode's nosecone.

:There are two [[variant]]s of Blitzwing: The first version sports an all-silver Decepticon [[insignia]] on its chest and has the missile inserted into the turret inside the packaging, no extra space for the missile in the plastic tray behind the turret and no holes cut for tying down the missile, while a later running change changed the Decepticon insignia's color to purple, with a silver outline, and has the missile tied down in the plastic tray behind the turret.<ref name="genvari1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/944880-variant-generations-blitzwing.html TFW2005 thread] about ''Generations'' Blitzwing's Decepticon insignia variant.</ref><ref name="genvari2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/897354-generation-blitzwing-packaging-bubble-variant-fyi.html TFW2005 thread] about ''Generations'' Blitzwing's missile-placement-inside-the-packaging variant.</ref> Oddly, the official Hasbro [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the toy inside its packaging depicts the later version.

:The Japanese release sports a more metallic gold paint application as opposed to the lemon yellow gloss of his helmet, additional purple paint on his thighs and shoulders, dark metallic gray paint within his cockpit, and additional silver paint on his torso. The neck of the figure is now painted black rather than yellow to better blend in with the lower portion of his three faces. Some of the silver detailing on his torso was changed to gold. The figure also features a lighter, more metallic purple, lighter tan, and silver paint on all his gray plastic. The rubberized nose cone's colors are now more in sync with the entire body's purple. The scimitar weapon is molded in a solid purple plastic as opposed to the Hasbro version's "blade" being painted in a lighter hue to simulate an "energon" effect. The same design flaws that plagued the Hasbro release were also carried over in the Tomy version with the exception of the face switching gimmick issue.

:Blitzwing was [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Doubledealer#Generations|Doubledealer]] and ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Starscream (Cloud)#Cloud 2|Starscream]], neither of which fixed the mold's shoulder problem. The design of the figure also inspired the look of [[Flywheels#2005 IDW continuity|Flywheels]] in the 2005 IDW continuity.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:Construct-bots-blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wishes he had a face-changing gimmick.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple-Changer, 2013)
: Part of Wave 1 of ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Triple-Changers, Blitzwing can transform into something that vaguely resembles a jet and something that vaguely resembles a tank. He is armed with a projectile launching main cannon, a set of non-firing Gatling guns and a blaster. His face was retooled into [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Ironhide]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots 3pack Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Scourge / Sergeant Kup / Blitzwing''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 007'''
***''Fist strength'': '''181'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''845'''
***''Sword strength'': '''594'''

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 2 three-packs, Blitzwing is a [[redeco]] of Series 1 [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]] in transparent purple, transforming into a tank with a [[Autotransformation|spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when the front is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. As a Super Bot, he has more lopsided strength ratings.

: He comes with [[Scourge (Cybertron)#Scourge3Pack|Spin Shot Scourge]] and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Spin Shot Sergeant Kup]]. He shares parts with Series 1 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Megatron]] and Series 1 [[Shockwave (Movie)#Bot Shots|Shockwave]].

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Bot Shots'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Kre-O''===
{{anchor|SDCC2015}}
*'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'' '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Class Jock
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, curved blade

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' Blitzwing, President of the Chess Club that year, is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/SDCCKre-OBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Class of '85 Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

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*'''Blitzwing''' (Kreon Triple Changer, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, Buildable Scimitar

:Part of the (ultimately unreleased) Battle Changers Kreon Triple Changer line, Blitzwing transforms from robot to jet to tank and back without removing any parts! As a nod to his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]], he comes with two optional heads.

:Blitzwing (along with Drift) was shown at Toy Fair 2015, but no accounts of it seeing release in any market have ever surfaced.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
{{anchor|Platinum}}
[[File:Platinum-edition-g1-blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blitzwheels? Flywing?]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (Platinum Edition, 2015)
**''Accessories'': gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar, 3 concussion missiles
:Part of a ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' two-pack with [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Astrotrain]] released under the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line, this reissue of Blitzwing features an unprecedented light brown and red color scheme. The exact inspiration for this deco is unknown, with the currently prevalent theory being that it's supposedly an homage to the [[Duocon]] [[Flywheels]]'s colors.

:This set was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States and Canada. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In the United Kingdom, it was available via A1Toys.

:This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Fever Dream]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Titan Master not being named [[Triple Takeover|"Zone"]] is a war crime.]]
*'''Decepticon Hazard & Blitzwing''' (Voyager Class, 2017)
**''Accessories'': seated gun, tank barrel, scimitar, Hazard Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the fifth (and final) wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager Class toys, Blitzwing is a redeco/retool of [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Megatron]]. He also comes with [[Hazard]], a Titan Master who transforms into Blitzwing's head. Hasbro's stock photo (see right) has the figure transformed using Megatron's instructions, but a more animation-accurate depiction of the character can be achieved by simply rotating the tail wings forward, leaving the jet wings unfolded, and keeping the tank barrel attached to the turret. Like Megatron, Blitzwing is capable of transforming into his tank mode without removing his head, though this leaves it exposed completely on the vehicle's back.

:A recurring issue with many examples of the figure involves the figure's thighs being coated in so much paint that it affects the clearance and range of motion on the joints connected to them. This results in stiff thigh swivels and may sometimes prevent the shins from properly folding up and locking into the hips for either vehicle mode. The Blitzwing face on Hazard's back is also coated in heavy amounts of paint, causing the facial details to become nearly indiscernible. Additionally, the tabs that keep the arms in place in robot and tank mode and the panels in the legs in vehicle mode are both very prone to popping out. The stickers on the wings seem especially prone to peeling, sometimes doing so right out of the box.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG-59-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's a RECTANKLE]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]]-[[January 27|01-27]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-59'''
**''Accessories'': seated gun, tank barrel, scimitar, Headmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Blitzwing is a redeco of the [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager toy]] in cartoon-accurate colors and with easier to see facial features. He comes with [[Big Convoy#Legends|Big Fight]], redecoed from the beast/vehicle accessory of ''Titans Return'' [[Shuffler#Generations|Shuffler]].

:Interestingly, his instructions and stock photography depict an alternate transformation for the robot mode, leaving the jet mode tail fins less transformed in order to more closely match his animation model.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Leader-Class-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Warpath will make sure to [[Dinobot Island, Part 2#Quotes|'''tank''']] him.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-10'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories:'' 2x blasters, sword, [[Energon]] hands/missile racks
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy]]'' Leader Class toys, Blitzwing is a mostly cartoon-accurate version of the character. He transforms into either his fighter jet mode in 32 steps, or his tank mode (with visible plane cockpit to replicate the cartoon model) in 41 steps. His accessories include two of his traditional blasters, his signature sword (molded in soft plastic), all three of which can mount on his vehicle modes via various 5mm holes, and two very large [[Energon]] gauntlets with detachable hands. Said gauntlets can plug into his robot mode arms, plug into the back of the jet mode as comically long boosters, or reconfigure into missile racks for the tank mode's turret. All accessories can be stored on Blitzwing's back in robot mode, including the gauntlets which can be stored by leaving them plugged into the tank turret, by pointing the turret down instead of up.

:Like many modern Leaders, Blitzwing stands about as tall as contemporary Voyager-class figures but features additional accessories and a more complex transformation.

:This figure was revealed by CBR a day prior to the [[April 12]], [[2022]] Fan First Tuesday.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/new-transformers-generations-legacy-figure-line-announced-by-hasbro ''EXCLUSIVE: Transformers Debuts Wild Rider, Blitzwing Legacy Figures'' - on CBR]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[1986]])
:[[Decoy]] Blitzwing is a small, purple, soft-rubber figure that came randomly packed with smaller carded toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Decoy Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Transformers Gum''===
*'''Blitzwing''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' "Gyro-Blaster Gun"
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Blitzwing toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red, and grey plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:Blitzwing Energon Wars.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|My life is a mystery.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2007]])
:A 30-point "uncommon" character in the ''[[3D Battle-Card Game]]''{{'}}s "Energon Wars" expansion, Blitzwing "transforms" into a burgundy and blue tank. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (film)|movie]] [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Warpath (G1)/toys|Warpath]].

:Blitzwing ''really'' looks like [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]. However, his stat card is clearly intended for Blitzwing, listing several of that character's trademark weapons as attacks.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroeshoundblitzwing.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|[[Blitzwing (Animated)|German accent]] not included.]]
*'''Autobot Hound & Blitzwing''' (Two-pack, [[2008]])
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Blitzwing is a [[super deformed]] figure sculpted holding his electron scimitar. He has articulation in his neck and shoulders and came in a two-pack with [[Hound (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Hound]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/RHBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===The Loyal Subjects===
[[File:Blitzwingtls.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2014]])
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Blitzwing is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He features a pumping cannon gimmick. He also has a sword and a gun. There are two Blitzwings per 16 figures.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blitzwing, Relentless Foe''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T09/T46'''
**''Stars: ''11
:Blitzwing, Relentless Foe is one of forty-six character cards released as part of Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners. In order to depict the [[Triple Changer]] nature of the character, Blitzwing, Relentless Foe is a folding card, with both Alt Modes depicted when the card is folded in half, and Bot Mode depicted when the card is unfolded.

:The line-art for the card's jet mode was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]], while the artwork for tank and robot mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.
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===''ReAction''===
*'''Blitzwing''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': Gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar

: Released in the third wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[ReAction]]'' Blitzwing is a non-converting 3 3/4-inch action figure based on his appearance in the original cartoon, with 5 points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips) and holes in his feet for use with some variety of stand.

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Blitzwing comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Blitzwing was slated to be one of the Rook pieces on the Decepticon side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
{{canceledtoy}}
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===''Pop!''===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome'': '''Common'''
***''Static'': '''Common'''
***''Glowing'': '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome'': '''Uncommon'''
***''Original'': '''Epic'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFTs}} depicting Blitzwing in the Funko style.
<center><gallery heights=200px>
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_BLITZWING_MONOCHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_BLITZWING_STATIC.gif|Changes from statue to statue...''to statue''!
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_BLITZWING_GLOW.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_BLITZWING_PURPLECHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_EPIC_BLITZWING_ORIGINAL.gif
</gallery></center>
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==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]
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Blitzwing (G1)/toys

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[[File:G1 boxart Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
'''Blitzwing''' is the archetypal tank-jet [[Triple Changer]].

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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Transforms from back-to-front tank to unflyable plane to feetless robot and back!]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer, [[1985]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''43'''
**''Accessories'': [[gyro-blaster rifle]], [[electron scimitar]], 3 [[concussion weapon|concussion missiles]]
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy (the only ''Transformers'' [[Triple Changer]] who had a previous ''Diaclone'' release), Blitzwing can transform from [[robot mode]] to two different [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s; a Soviet MiG-25 fighter jet or a Japanese Type-74 assault tank. Like most early G1 toys, he has little to no articulation in robot mode, with only his arms being able to move up and down a little. He does, however, have a swiveling turret and deployable front landing gear in his vehicle modes.

:All U.S. versions had the spring-loaded missile launchers severely weakened. The Japanese releases, however, kept the full-strength launching mechanisms. The tank turret on the original Blitzwing toy can be taken off, while later releases feature a turret that cannot be removed.

:This mold was returned to its ''Diaclone'' coloration and re-released in 2005 as [[Overcharge (G1)#Collector's Edition|Overcharge]], an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''The Transformers Collection''===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2005]])
**''ID number'': '''17'''
**''Accessories'': gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar, 3 concussion missiles
:Blitzwing was reissued as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' series. Despite being included in the instruction manual, the [[rubsign]] was nowhere to be found on this version. The tank turret cannot be removed on this release.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-Voyager Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ich bin wieder da! Und wo ist der verfluchte [[Warpath (G1)/toys|Bolschewist?!]] ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TakaraTomy-Generations-TG22-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Mit der Geschwindigkeit eines Kampfjets und der Stärke eines Panzers! ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer Voyager, [[2013]])
**''Series / Number'': '''02 / 002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG22'''
**''Accessories'': rifle, scimitar, [[missile]]
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-[[2013]] ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Blitzwing is a modern reinterpretation of his original toy, and transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded cannon that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He comes with a blaster and a sword, both of which mount/are held by [[5 mm post]]. He features 5 mm ports for his hands, shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings, while both weapons have numerous additional posts and ports.

:In a nod to his ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Blitzwing (Animated)|incarnation]], he sports a face-swapping feature, allowing him to switch between a more traditional, visored face, a monocled face (inspired by the ''Animated'' character's 'Icy' persona), and a black jack-o'-lantern-like face (inspired by the ''Animated'' character's 'Random' persona). Unlike his inspiration however, the toy's faces spin vertically rather than horizontally.

:The toy is renowned for two significant [[design flaw]]s. The first is that tabs meant to anchor the robot shoulders to the chest never solidly lock into place—they are simply too far apart. This makes his shoulder assemblies swing up and out of his chest when the shoulders are rotated up. Pressing the shoulder slots into the chest tabs ''sometimes'' works to counter this, but it depends on the [[Quality control|tolerances]] of each individual figure. The problem can be completely eliminated with a little work:
:#For those not wishing to modify the toy itself, spacing material can be affixed to the back of the shoulder piece. This creates support in the back and allows the front tabs to remain in place.
:#Alternately, one can disassemble the figure and lightly sand the screw mounts and inside chest walls on the front half, bringing the back of the figure and the front closer together, and allowing the shoulder assemblies to lock in completely solid as originally intended. This has the potential risk of over-sanding, which prevents the legs from clipping securely to his chest for his vehicle modes.
:The second major flaw concerns the face-swapping feature; almost universally, this does not actually end up working because the rotating faces are rendered immobile by an excess of paint on the inside of the helmet, including the post the faces are mounted on. This can be fixed by dismantling the head, removing the faces, and trimming the excess paint in the helmet interior, or in some circumstances, by leaving the toy in a freezer until the inner-helmet paint becomes brittle enough to crack by exerting pressure on the faces, allowing the faces to move as designed. Unfortunately, the yellow paint is also prone to rubbing off when transformed due the rubber used to create the jet mode's nosecone.

:There are two [[variant]]s of Blitzwing: The first version sports an all-silver Decepticon [[insignia]] on its chest and has the missile inserted into the turret inside the packaging, no extra space for the missile in the plastic tray behind the turret and no holes cut for tying down the missile, while a later running change changed the Decepticon insignia's color to purple, with a silver outline, and has the missile tied down in the plastic tray behind the turret.<ref name="genvari1">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/944880-variant-generations-blitzwing.html TFW2005 thread] about ''Generations'' Blitzwing's Decepticon insignia variant.</ref><ref name="genvari2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/897354-generation-blitzwing-packaging-bubble-variant-fyi.html TFW2005 thread] about ''Generations'' Blitzwing's missile-placement-inside-the-packaging variant.</ref> Oddly, the official Hasbro [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the toy inside its packaging depicts the later version.

:The Japanese release sports a more metallic gold paint application as opposed to the lemon yellow gloss of his helmet, additional purple paint on his thighs and shoulders, dark metallic gray paint within his cockpit, and additional silver paint on his torso. The neck of the figure is now painted black rather than yellow to better blend in with the lower portion of his three faces. Some of the silver detailing on his torso was changed to gold. The figure also features a lighter, more metallic purple, lighter tan, and silver paint on all his gray plastic. The rubberized nose cone's colors are now more in sync with the entire body's purple. The scimitar weapon is molded in a solid purple plastic as opposed to the Hasbro version's "blade" being painted in a lighter hue to simulate an "energon" effect. The same design flaws that plagued the Hasbro release were also carried over in the Tomy version with the exception of the face switching gimmick issue.

:Blitzwing was [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Doubledealer#Generations|Doubledealer]] and ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Starscream (Cloud)#Cloud 2|Starscream]], neither of which fixed the mold's shoulder problem. The design of the figure also inspired the look of [[Flywheels#2005 IDW continuity|Flywheels]] in the 2005 IDW continuity.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/GenBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Generations'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:Construct-bots-blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wishes he had a face-changing gimmick.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple-Changer, 2013)
: Part of Wave 1 of ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Triple-Changers, Blitzwing can transform into something that vaguely resembles a jet and something that vaguely resembles a tank. He is armed with a projectile launching main cannon, a set of non-firing Gatling guns and a blaster. His face was retooled into [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Ironhide]]'s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:BotShots 3pack Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Scourge / Sergeant Kup / Blitzwing''' (Multi-pack, 2013)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''Super Bot 007'''
***''Fist strength'': '''181'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''845'''
***''Sword strength'': '''594'''

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Series 2 three-packs, Blitzwing is a [[redeco]] of Series 1 [[Brawl (Movie)#Bot Shots|Decepticon Brawl]] in transparent purple, transforming into a tank with a [[Autotransformation|spring-loaded automatic transformation]] to robot mode triggered when the front is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. As a Super Bot, he has more lopsided strength ratings.

: He comes with [[Scourge (Cybertron)#Scourge3Pack|Spin Shot Scourge]] and [[Kup (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Spin Shot Sergeant Kup]]. He shares parts with Series 1 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bot Shots|Megatron]] and Series 1 [[Shockwave (Movie)#Bot Shots|Shockwave]].

:The second wave of Series 2 three-packs didn't reach mass retail in the United States, only showing up in discount stores like Ross.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BSBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Bot Shots'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Kre-O''===
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*'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'' '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Class Jock
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, curved blade

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' Blitzwing, President of the Chess Club that year, is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/SDCCKre-OBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Class of '85 Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

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*'''Blitzwing''' (Kreon Triple Changer, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, Buildable Scimitar

:Part of the (ultimately unreleased) Battle Changers Kreon Triple Changer line, Blitzwing transforms from robot to jet to tank and back without removing any parts! As a nod to his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]], he comes with two optional heads.

:Blitzwing (along with Drift) was shown at Toy Fair 2015, but no accounts of it seeing release in any market have ever surfaced.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:Platinum-edition-g1-blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blitzwheels? Flywing?]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (Platinum Edition, 2015)
**''Accessories'': gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar, 3 concussion missiles
:Part of a ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' two-pack with [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Astrotrain]] released under the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line, this reissue of Blitzwing features an unprecedented light brown and red color scheme. The exact inspiration for this deco is unknown, with the currently prevalent theory being that it's supposedly an homage to the [[Duocon]] [[Flywheels]]'s colors.

:This set was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the United States and Canada. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers [[BigBadToyStore]] and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In the United Kingdom, it was available via A1Toys.

:This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Fever Dream]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Titan Master not being named [[Triple Takeover|"Zone"]] is a war crime.]]
*'''Decepticon Hazard & Blitzwing''' (Voyager Class, 2017)
**''Accessories'': seated gun, tank barrel, scimitar, Hazard Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the fifth (and final) wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager Class toys, Blitzwing is a redeco/retool of [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Megatron]]. He also comes with [[Hazard]], a Titan Master who transforms into Blitzwing's head. Hasbro's stock photo (see right) has the figure transformed using Megatron's instructions, but a more animation-accurate depiction of the character can be achieved by simply rotating the tail wings forward, leaving the jet wings unfolded, and keeping the tank barrel attached to the turret. Like Megatron, Blitzwing is capable of transforming into his tank mode without removing his head, though this leaves it exposed completely on the vehicle's back.

:A recurring issue with many examples of the figure involves the figure's thighs being coated in so much paint that it affects the clearance and range of motion on the joints connected to them. This results in stiff thigh swivels and may sometimes prevent the shins from properly folding up and locking into the hips for either vehicle mode. The Blitzwing face on Hazard's back is also coated in heavy amounts of paint, causing the facial details to become nearly indiscernible. Additionally, the tabs that keep the arms in place in robot and tank mode and the panels in the legs in vehicle mode are both very prone to popping out. The stickers on the wings seem especially prone to peeling, sometimes doing so right out of the box.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG-59-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's a RECTANKLE]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Voyager Class, [[2018]]-[[January 27|01-27]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG-59'''
**''Accessories'': seated gun, tank barrel, scimitar, Headmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Blitzwing is a redeco of the [[#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Voyager toy]] in cartoon-accurate colors and with easier to see facial features. He comes with [[Big Convoy#Legends|Big Fight]], redecoed from the beast/vehicle accessory of ''Titans Return'' [[Shuffler#Generations|Shuffler]].

:Interestingly, his instructions and stock photography depict an alternate transformation for the robot mode, leaving the jet mode tail fins less transformed in order to more closely match his animation model.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Leader-Class-Blitzwing.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Warpath will make sure to [[Dinobot Island, Part 2#Quotes|'''tank''']] him.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-10'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October]], [[2022]]
**''Accessories:'' 2x blasters, sword, [[Energon]] hands/missile racks
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] (concept artist)}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy]]'' Leader Class toys, Blitzwing is a mostly cartoon-accurate version of the character. He transforms into either his fighter jet mode in 32 steps, or his tank mode (with visible plane cockpit to replicate the cartoon model) in 41 steps. His accessories include two of his traditional blasters, his signature sword (molded in soft plastic), all three of which can mount on his vehicle modes via various 5mm holes, and two very large [[Energon]] gauntlets with detachable hands. Said gauntlets can plug into his robot mode arms, plug into the back of the jet mode as comically long boosters, or reconfigure into missile racks for the tank mode's turret. All accessories can be stored on Blitzwing's back in robot mode, including the gauntlets which can be stored by leaving them plugged into the tank turret, buy pointing the turret down instead of up.

:Like many modern Leaders, Blitzwing stands about as tall as contemporary Voyager-class figures but features additional accessories and a more complex transformation.

:This figure was revealed by CBR a day prior to the [[April 12]], [[2022]] Fan First Tuesday.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/new-transformers-generations-legacy-figure-line-announced-by-hasbro ''EXCLUSIVE: Transformers Debuts Wild Rider, Blitzwing Legacy Figures'' - on CBR]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[1986]])
:[[Decoy]] Blitzwing is a small, purple, soft-rubber figure that came randomly packed with smaller carded toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on Decoy Blitzwing at TFU.info]''

===''Transformers Gum''===
*'''Blitzwing''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' "Gyro-Blaster Gun"
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Blitzwing toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red, and grey plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:Blitzwing Energon Wars.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|My life is a mystery.]]
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2007]])
:A 30-point "uncommon" character in the ''[[3D Battle-Card Game]]''{{'}}s "Energon Wars" expansion, Blitzwing "transforms" into a burgundy and blue tank. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (film)|movie]] [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Warpath (G1)/toys|Warpath]].

:Blitzwing ''really'' looks like [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]. However, his stat card is clearly intended for Blitzwing, listing several of that character's trademark weapons as attacks.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroeshoundblitzwing.jpg|upright=1.22|thumb|[[Blitzwing (Animated)|German accent]] not included.]]
*'''Autobot Hound & Blitzwing''' (Two-pack, [[2008]])
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Blitzwing is a [[super deformed]] figure sculpted holding his electron scimitar. He has articulation in his neck and shoulders and came in a two-pack with [[Hound (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Hound]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/RHBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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===The Loyal Subjects===
[[File:Blitzwingtls.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[2014]])
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Blitzwing is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He features a pumping cannon gimmick. He also has a sword and a gun. There are two Blitzwings per 16 figures.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Blitzwing, Relentless Foe''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T09/T46'''
**''Stars: ''11
:Blitzwing, Relentless Foe is one of forty-six character cards released as part of Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners. In order to depict the [[Triple Changer]] nature of the character, Blitzwing, Relentless Foe is a folding card, with both Alt Modes depicted when the card is folded in half, and Bot Mode depicted when the card is unfolded.

:The line-art for the card's jet mode was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]], while the artwork for tank and robot mode is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.
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===''ReAction''===
*'''Blitzwing''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': Gyro-blaster rifle, electron scimitar

: Released in the third wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[ReAction]]'' Blitzwing is a non-converting 3 3/4-inch action figure based on his appearance in the original cartoon, with 5 points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips) and holes in his feet for use with some variety of stand.

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Blitzwing comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Blitzwing was slated to be one of the Rook pieces on the Decepticon side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
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===''Pop!''===
*'''Blitzwing''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome'': '''Common'''
***''Static'': '''Common'''
***''Glowing'': '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome'': '''Uncommon'''
***''Original'': '''Epic'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFTs}} depicting Blitzwing in the Funko style.
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File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_BLITZWING_MONOCHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_BLITZWING_STATIC.gif|Changes from statue to statue...''to statue''!
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_BLITZWING_GLOW.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_BLITZWING_PURPLECHROME.gif
File:TRANSFORMERS_EPIC_BLITZWING_ORIGINAL.gif
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==References==
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[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Jumpstream

2018-05-30T06:00:49Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
:''Jumpstream is a [[Caminus|Camien]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Jumpstream-charactermodel.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Almost as spiky as a Bayformer.]]
'''Jumpstream''' is loyal to [[Pyra Magna]] to a fault, willing to sacrifice herself for her if need be. Pyra Magna knows Jumpstream can't be deterred, so she's decided she might as well train Jumpstream well enough that self-sacrifice won't ever be necessary. Thankfully, Jumpstream has the ability to teleport herself away from danger, but is that a power she'd use if Pyra Magna were in trouble?

Jumpstream can combine with her fellow [[Torchbearer]]s to form [[Victorion]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:GhostStories-pretorchbearerjumpstream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Before becoming a Torchbearer, Jumpstream was a civilian living in the desolate mining town of [[Parvus Oppidum]]. After her [[Conjunx Endura]] [[Dust Up|Dustup]] was attacked by a group of bandits after the town's meager energon supplies, Jumpstream convinced her partner to call the Torchbearers for assistance and greeted Torchbearer leader [[Praesidia Magna]] as she and her team landed. After showing them the town, Jumpstream introduced them to Dustup, trying to keep her wife from fangirling out to hard at finally getting to see the group up close. While Dustup left to show Torchbearer second-in-command [[Pyra Magna|Pyra]] the town's energon supply, the bandits suddenly returned. After her wife saved her from getting mauled by one of the bandits, Jumpstream joined in the fight and began attempting to rally the townspeople to stand their ground. However, after a large black hole opened up underneath the town, Jumpstream's priorities switched to helping get as many to safety as she could. Though the marauders and the black hole eventually disappeared, the town was completely destroyed. Helping the Torchbearers clear away the rubble and search for survivors, Jumpstream and Dustup both watched with interest as the [[Mistress of Flame]] helped Pyra to her feet as she regained consciousness.

When Pyra returned to Parvus Oppidum, Jumpstream thanked her for her team's help in reconstructing the town but the Torchbearer was more interested in talking to Dustup. Soon after this, Jumpstream and Dustup were both made members of the Torchbearers by the group's new leader Pyra Magna. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

[[File:AnUneventfulNight-JumpstreamDustup.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]

Soon after [[Caminus]] entered the [[Council of Worlds]], her team was sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for the remains of [[Crystal City]].

Jumpstream and Dustup were ''really'' excited when Magna decided to investigate a nearby fight, and soon found themselves involved in a battle to save the [[Enigma of Combination]]. Said Enigma turned Jumpstream and her friends into a new combiner, Victorion, and after they uncombined, a startled Jumpstream learned ''something'' about Dustup that her friend didn't want getting out. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}

The Torchbearers opted to stay in the Rust Sea for a time, still learning to control their new powers. The inhabitants of the wasteland soon learned to avoid them. On one occasion, the team appeared to scare off a group of zombified [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

They remained in exile until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]- seeking answers about what it ''truly'' meant to be a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], decided to visit the group. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Merging into Victorion, the Torchbearers tested Optimus's physical and spiritual resolve. Optimus's agnosticism about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] prompted Victorion to lay claim to the Matrix and vow to build Optimus into a worthy Prime. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

The Torchbearers travelled back to Iacon, where they combined and joined Starscream's forces in quelling a Decepticon riot at the space bridge. {{Storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} After Optimus declared [[Earth]] a member of the [[Council of Worlds]], the Torchbearers- still combined- took part in a skirmish against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s splinter force of Decepticons, but had to separate and fall back to the ''[[Skyroller]]'' after [[China]] deployed its anti-Transformer weaponry. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

As a show of good faith, the Autobots began patrolling impoverished and troubled regions around the world; Jumpstream and the other Torchbearers would defend a Middle Eastern girl's school from religious fanatics. The Torchbearers would later travel to the White House after Aileron went rogue, forming Victorion and extricating the Autobots from the White House lawn. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

The Torchbearers participated in Optimus and [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]'s joint operation on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Galvatron managed to take them out of the fight by using his power over the Enigma of Combination to tear them apart, reducing Victorion to her components and knocking them out. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} By the time that the Torchbearers had regained consciousness, the fight had already moved offworld. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}} Pyra Magna led her team as they helped mop up the stragglers, {{storylink|White Light}} but were forced to combine again after the [[Earth Defense Command]] launched an attack on the exhausted Autobots. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Over the course of several months, the Autobots settled into their new role as global protectors, unaware that there were [[Miles Mayhem|those humans]] who still saw them as unlawful alien invaders. Jumpstream and the other Torchbearers were deployed from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[Monument Valley]] to [[Oregon]], where they defended Arcee and [[Jazz (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jazz]] from an unprovoked [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attack. As Victorion, they used her gravity powers to harmlessly take down human aircraft in the wake of Soundwave's EMP attack. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}} Victorion maintained guard outside Autobot City as the situation intensified. {{storylink|The New Colossus}} Not long afterwards, the [[Dire Wraith]]s and [[M.A.S.K.]] besieged Autobot City for the deposits of [[Ore-13]] beneath. As Victorion, the Torchbearers went up against [[Baron Karza]], but when the [[Microspace]] tyrant released an army of Dire Wraiths from his innards, Victorion split into her components to better deal with the swarm. {{storylink|Valley Forge}}

When Karza had been thwarted, the Autobots and their allies returned to policing an increasingly volatile Earth. Jumpstream accompanied her leader to the [[Matterhorn]], where they witnessed a massive alien ship make planetfall. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} It turned out that it contained the nomadic [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, and, as Victorion, the Torchbearers watched as [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and [[Rum-Maj]] made their introductions. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 2: A Lonely Pillar on the Plain|A Lonely Pillar on the Plain}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}}}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Transformers: Earth Wars}}
[[File:JumpstreamEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|]]

*'''Class:''' Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 Star
*'''Weapons:''' She fires a few rounds from her standard-issue pistol before smashing defenses with her bare fists.
*'''Ability: Defensive Rush:''' Puts a protective shield that blocks 80% damage for several seconds, then charge the target and attracts defenses!
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points + 1 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:jumpstream| Jumpstream at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarstoy-Jumpstream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Rockin' the Alderaanian princess look.]]
*'''Victorion''' (Collection Pack, 2016)
:''Accessories:'' Blade

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Jumpstream is a [[retool]] of Deluxe Class [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] from the same toy line, and transforms into a supercar resembling a Lamborghini Diablo. Jumpstream can also form either an arm or a leg for any standard-issue ''Combiner Wars'' or ''Unite Warriors'' gestalt or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber's]] legs, though she was intended to combine with her teammates [[Pyra Magna#Generations|Pyra Magna]], [[Stormclash#Generations|Stormclash]], [[Skyburst (G1)#Generations|Skyburst]], [[Dust Up#Generations|Dust Up]], and [[Rust Dust#Generations|Rust Dust]] to form Victorion, with her weapon forming the chappe of Victorion's sword.

:Like the rest of her Torchbearers, Jumpstream features Cybertronic tampographs on her vehicle mode, which reads "''All shall be''" on the right, and "''Turned to dust''" on the left.

:Jumpstream was only available as part of a Victorion box set, including a poster and a collector card based on the set's packaging art. The set was one of several so-called "Collection Packs" that were "online exclusives" in the United States, available from online retailers such as [[Hasbro Toy Shop]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], and [[BigBadToyStore]] as well as the online stores of "big box" retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Walmart]], [[Target]], and [[Kmart]]. In Hasbro's Asian markets such as Singapore and Taiwan, the set was available at general retail. In Australia, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in Canada, was both sold at Toys"R"Us stores and available via Amazon Canada. In the United Kingdom, it was available via the UK Toys"R"Us website (but never sold in stores), whereas in Spain, it was available via the Spanish subsidiaries of [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and Carrefour, as well as the department store chain El Corte Inglés, supposedly also only available online.

:This version of the sculpt was also redecoed into [[Trickdiamond#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Trickdiamond]].
{{CWBreakdownMold}}

==Notes==
* Jumpstream's pre-Torchbearer coloration is based on [[Gingham]]. Given Dust Up's vaguely [[Holi]]-like colors, the ''intended'' reference may have been to Holi's non-toy girlfriend [[Clipper (Victory)|Clipper]], whom Gingham resembles.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jumpstream''' (ジャンプストリーム ''Janpusutorīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiàoyuè Liú''' (跳跃流, "Jumpstream")

[[Category:Caminus]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Autobots]]

Tripredacus

2015-10-22T23:14:55Z

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{{disambig2|the Predacon combiner and political council|the Maximal combiner and ethnic stereotype|Tripledacus}}
:''Tripredacus is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tripredacus art genesis.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Surprisingly, not [[Violen Jiger]].]]
'''Tripredacus''' is a slimy "Battle Master" who prefers to emerge from underground to attack [[Maximal]] fortresses in the dead of night, tenaciously crushing all before him, spreading plague-like destruction wherever he goes. The weapons of his composite members form a slashing mega-missile launcher that he uses to tear his way into battle.

Tripredacus is composed of the three-member [[Tripredacus Council]]:

*[[Ram Horn]]
*[[Sea Clamp]]
*[[Cicadacon]]

The [[Maximal]] tactical response was the Maximal combiner [[Magnaboss]].
{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Tripredacus''' (1997)
[[File:Tripredacus toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|[[w:It (1990 film)|“We all float down here!”]]]]
:Tripredacus is the combined form of Ram Horn, Sea Clamp, and Cicadacon. The three members' individual weapons combine to form a missile launcher. An undocumented feature is that by slotting his neck onto his body to complete his transformation, one can untab his head to give him a ball joined neck.

:Unlike his rival Magnaboss, his arms are asymmetrical. For their time, he and Magnaboss were some of the most complicated combiners.

:This mold was used for ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Tripledacus]].
::*''[http://tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Tripredacus/tripredacus.htm More information on Tripredacus at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Italian:'' '''Tripredator'''

[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Tania Gunadi

2013-01-07T03:33:18Z

Transmutate: /* Notes */ The teacher video link was dead, replacing it with a working one.

[[Image:Tania Gunadi.jpg|thumb|120px|]]

'''Tania Gunadi''' (born [[July 29]], [[1983]]) is an Indonesian-born American actress. She is best known for her role as Emma Lau from ''Aaron Stone''. She also played as Allison Wong in [[Shia LaBeouf|Even Stevens]] and was in the unsold pilot ''Weiner Park'' (which also featured [[Fred Willard]] and [[Robin Atkin Downes]]).

==Voice Role==
===Transformers: Prime===
* [[Miko Nakadai]]

===Transformers: Prime - The Game===
* [[Miko Nakadai]]

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2011]]

==Notes==
* The first news of Tania working on ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' came when she posted on Twitter, "Working with [[Peter Cullen]] ([[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]) and [[Frank Welker]] ([[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]) is sooooo cool!!!!!". That was posted months before it was confirmed that Cullen and Welker were involved with the show.
* Tania Gunadi had worked with [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] before, playing a fish-faced communications technician in ''Star Trek''.
* [http://youtu.be/3zhK_Zl8Jdg She's a ninja! She's a hoodie ninja! She's a ninja! Hoodie hoodie ninja!]
* In addition to doing commercial work for Honda (previous link), she's quite possibly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glquKfXhLFo the most adorable second grade teacher ever] for [[Target]]. And yes, those are her hamsters. (So much glitter!)

==External Links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040208/ Tania Gunadi at IMDB]
* [http://taniagunadi.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/tania-gunadi/ Tania Gunadi interview] @ BWTF.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunadi, Tania}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Lou (bodyguard)

2012-02-14T00:02:48Z

Transmutate: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

:''Lou is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Prime Directive 1 Lou.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The massive scar on his chest is a constant reminder of Ryu's victory.]]
'''Lou''' is General [[Robert Hallo]]'s bodyguard.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Lou accompanied General Hallo to the [[Witwicky]] residence in [[Cleveland (city)|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. General Hallo sarcastically introduced him as a friend of his when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] said he wouldn't let strangers into his house.

Later, Lou travelled with General Hallo and Spike from the [[Pentagon]] to Area 24, where the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was held. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} Following on that, he travelled with Hallo, Spike and Optimus to the [[Arctic]] to fetch some more [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

When the battle between the resurrected Autobots and [[Decepticon]]s didn't go as expected, Lou prevented Spike from interfering when General Hallo ordered [[Operation Clean-Up]] to be initiated. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Back at the Pentagon, Lou placed Spike Witwicky in a cell of the building's C Block. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]
[[Category:United States military personnel]]

Brakedown (ROTF)

2012-02-11T22:45:45Z

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{{disambig3|Brakedown}}

:''Brakedown is a [[Decepticon]] from the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
[[Image:Nefarious2_Brakedown.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Invisible Girl! I MUST FLEE!]]

'''Brakedown'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> job is to not be seen. He's a scout, not a warrior, and so he's built for speed and not conflict! Unfortunately, [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] has located him, so Brakedown just might find himself outclassed. Flee, Brakedown, flee!

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
As part of [[Strike Team Ursa]], Brakedown (alongside [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] and [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]) was dispatched to [[Wendover]], [[Utah]] by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to investigate the [[Initiative|mysterious organization]] that had resurrected [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]. They discovered a hidden base beneath a garbage dump, but fled after they accidentally activated its self-destruct mechanism. While fleeing, they were intercepted by the [[Autobot]]s [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], the latter of whom promptly bisected Brakedown. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

{{-}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan13_Brakedown killed.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Man, [[Simon Furman|Furman]] just plain don't ''like'' me.]]

Brakedown was incarcerated in [[NEST]]'s maximum security jail in [[South Africa]]. He decided it'd be a jolly wheeze to insult that loser [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] for getting whupped by a [[Jolt (ROTF)|cadet]], haw haw!

Oh wait, Bludgeon wanted to be captured so he could break out and break all the 'Cons out?! Oh forget ''everything'' I said, Bludgeon, I'm totally behind you 100%, please don't kill me as a warning to everyone else not to question you AAAK- {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}
{{-}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
Brakedown was part of Bludgeon's crew, raiding [[N.E.S.T. Advanced Research Facility]] in Japan to gain the secrets of [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]]. Their presence was leaked, however, and Brakedown was buried alive under snow and ice by Optimus. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTFtoy-BrakedownScout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I once caught a [[Seacon (disambiguation)|Seacon]] ''THIS'' big!]]
*'''Brakedown''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-23'''

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Scout-class figures (and the only new mold among that wave), Brakedown converts from a white sports car (a mish-mash of Lamborghini and Ferrari parts) to a white and blue robot. Like ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]], he homages the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], though now in form, color, ''and'' name. He also has a bit of a [[Kibble|backpack]].

:This mold was also used to make the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' series]] [[Oil Pan]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/Brakedown/brakedown.htm More information on Brakedown at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*The European market release of Brakedown features the obligatory trimmed-down on-[[packaging]] [[bio]] in [[multilingual packaging|twelve languages]]. However, in the process, three sentences from the US version's bio ("Decepticon Scout BRAKEDOWN avoids contact with the enemy at all costs. His job is to observe and report, not fight. That's why he's geared for speed, not battle.") were condensed into a nonsensical "BRAKEDOWN observes and reports, and why he is geared for speed."

*Simon Furman has used him three times ''and killed him in all three!''

[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scouts]]

Spider's Game

2012-01-05T02:34:49Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=18
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=18
|prev2=Double Dinobot
|image=Spider's Game Tarantulas Blackarachnia.jpg
|title="Spider's Game"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 6]], 1997
|packaged with=[[Tarantulas (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Predacon Tarantulus]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[James Boshier]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Tarantulas detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon. '''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Spider's Game Tarantulas console.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It was only after Tarantulas had finished hooking up his TVs that he remembered cable wouldn't be invented for a few epochs.]]
As another [[stasis pod]] leaves orbit and completes planetfall, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] sends out a magnetic pulse that disrupts the sensors at both the [[Darksyde|Predacon]] and [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal bases]]. The pulse ensures that Tarantulas will be the first to arrive at the pod's landing site, within [[Grid Halex]], and that he will be able to manipulate the [[protoform]] inside. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] discovers what Tarantulas is up to and insists on accompanying him to the pod's landing site.

[[Tigatron]] also sees the pod arriving, but is unable to contact the [[Maximal]] base so he sets out to intercept the pod on his own. He is intercepted by Waspinator, who delays Tigatron until Airazor arrives and saves him. Tigatron tells [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to go to the pod and that he will join her there.

[[Image:Spider's Game Inferno pod.jpg|right|200px|thumb|But the box said there were supposed to be ten live ants.]]
Arriving at the pod, Tarantulas and Blackarachnia are too late to hand pick an arachnid form for the protoform; however, Tarantulas is able to do some reprogramming and turn the protoform into a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]. The new Predacon, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], emerges from the pod only to attack the other two Predacons, then begins marching about the stasis pod. Tarantulas deduces that Inferno's beast mode is dominating his logic circuits and that he thinks he really is a fire ant protecting his colony, which his mind concludes is the stasis pod. Blackarachnia tries to fire on Inferno, but Tarantulas stops her, saying he wants no damage to the pod.

Airazor arrives on the scene only to be attacked and disabled by Inferno and Blackarachnia. While Blackarachnia uses this opportunity to make nice with Inferno and start to win him over, Tarantulas uses it to accomplish his real goal—stealing the stasis pod. This act enrages Inferno who sets out in pursuit of Tarantulas, with Blackarachnia not far behind. Tigatron arrives and tells Airazor to find Optimus while he pursues the Predacons.

[[Image:Spider's Game Inferno Tigatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Whoops, sorry, I didn't see you there.]]
Nearing his [[Tarantulas's lair|lab]], Tarantulas is caught by Inferno who demands the return of the "colony". Tarantulas ensnares Inferno in a web and is preparing to finish him off when Scorponok arrives and informs Tarantulas that Megatron wants the pod. Before that can happen however, Tigatron arrives and destroys the pod. His victory quickly turns sour as he is attacked by both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, who inflict heavy damage on him. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] arrives on the scene shortly, and even though both of the spiders flee, Tigatron is still in trouble. Inferno breaks free of Tarantulas's web, enraged at the destruction of the colony. Impressed with new guy's violent attitude, Megatron directs Inferno's fury on Tigatron. The ant is prepares to destroy the tiger, but [[Optimus Primal]] and Airazor arrive and blow Inferno into scrap.

[[Image:Spider's Game Scorponok Inferno.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who buried the loyalists?]]
Megatron gathers up the parts of Inferno and has him restored, while Optimus and Airazor take Tigatron back to the Maximal base for repairs. Back at his lab, however, Tarantulas is lamenting the loss of the pod, revealing to Blackarachnia his beliefs that [[Earth|the planet]] they're on [[Planet Buster|is doomed]]. From this, the black widow correctly surmises that Tarantulas was going to convert the pod into an escape shuttle, but is unable to wrench any more information about his motives for doing so out of him.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (5)
* [[Tigatron]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (9)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (3)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
* [[Waspinator]] (8)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
"Besides, you're so cute."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' to Tarantulas. Erugh.

"Ew, another ''insect''. How depressing."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' on Inferno's alt-mode.

"Spiders! Dare invade the colony? Inferno, terrorize!"
:—'''Inferno'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first words.

"As Cheetor would say, that flight mode is ultra-gear!"
:—'''Airazor''' should find better people to quote.

"You won't be getting any of our secrets from that pod, Predacons!" 
"And you won't be getting any older, Stripes."
:—'''Tigatron''' and '''Blackarachnia'''.

"At least consider it; we could be a great team. ...Lunatic." 
"Witch."
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Tarantulas''' contemplate working together again,

==Notes==
*After Tigatron hits his head, there's a cartoony, tweeting-bird sound.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Inferno's beast form seems to be way too large for the stasis pod he crawls out of...
*Inferno's legs are also colored quite randomly. This means that when he first transforms to robot mode, his right leg suddenly goes from being dark red to a bright hue.
*When Blackarachnia hides behind a tree, her spider legs clip into its trunk.
*Then, as she transforms, Tarantuals' forearms are on backwards. And when ''he'' transforms, his robot mode legs miraculously disappear, only to flip down from his body and retract into it again.
*As Blackarachnia throws Tarantulas off herself, he briefly passes into her back.
*As Airazor struggles to get up, the fingers on her right hand twist outwards two times.
*When Tarantulas transforms after Inferno finds him, the markings on his spider abdomen change as it becomes his back.
*When Inferno breaks out of the web Tarantulas traps him in and fires his jets, his spinning abdomen is seen slashing through the back of his legs. (for a brief second anyway)

===Continuity errors===
*While other stasis pods are shown with hatch windows in outer space, Inferno's stasis pod does not have a window when viewed from the inside.
*Despite what the stasis pod says during Tarantulas's reprogramming of it, it had already started and finished scanning for DNA before the spiders even arrived.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Inferno'''"

:*''Title:'' "'''Inferno'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Intrighi'''" ("Intrigue")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jigoku no Ari Senshi Inferno'''" (地獄のアリ戦士インフェルノ, "The Ant Warrior from Hell, Inferno")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 28|28 January]] [[1998]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Jogo das Aranhas'''" ("The Game of Spiders")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Juego de Arácnidos'''" ("Spiders' Game")

===Trivia===
*While Megatron is complaining that repairing the computer is Tarantulas's job, you can see the words "eat me" on the screen in the Predacon variant of [[Cybertronix]].
*This is the only episode of the series in which [[Scott McNeil]] voices just one character (specifically, Waspinator). The other fifty-one episodes saw him voicing two to four characters.
*It can be speculated that Inferno's faulty programming can be attributed to his pod already selecting his beast mode before Tarantulas began the reprogramming sequence. It is possible that without the Maximal or Predacon programming chips the pod began to program him with the basic instincts of an ant.
*Curiously, when Tigatron is injured near the end of the episode, his beast mode's face (which serves as his robot mode's chestplate) appears to be bleeding. Unless mech fluid happens to be red, this either this contradicts what Cheetor said to Tarantulas in an [[The Web|earlier episode]] when he said "I don't ''have'' real blood... only [[mech fluid]].", or this lends credence to the theory that beast modes are wholly organic.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Warning from Space ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Alert Dans L'Espace (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — There are 2 Dinobots? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]
[[Category:Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

User talk:Transmutate

2012-01-03T09:16:14Z

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== Dion ==

The sentence you have changed twice is not an error. "His is" is the correct grammar for that sentence. Please do not change it again. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 22:27, 2 January 2012 (EST)

== Sorry! ==

Sorry about that, I totally misread it! (twice) My brain (twice!) changed 'his' to 'he' somehow... erk.

Dion (G1)

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:''Dion is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:Diong1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Anyone ever tell you that you look just like Wheelie? No? Oh. How about Hot Shot?]]
'''Dion''' is an earnest dock worker and best friend to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]. His has a simple life of manual labor, and he does not give a second thought to the stories that a war may be brewing around him. What ''does'' interest him are those [[Decepticon|new-fangled flying robots]]. Maybe someday he'll get to meet them...?

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Dionvehicle.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Cybertron's "Golden Age" was a pretty literal title, if you look.]]

Nine million years ago, near the end of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Golden Age]], it was Dion's job to haul energy and supplies in and out of [[storage yard 67|the dock]] in which he worked. There were murmurs of attacks from new, flying robots, but he didn't believe those rumours.

Dion was honored to meet the leader of these enigmatic warriors, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], until Megatron revealed his plan to rob their dock of its [[energon]] stockpiles and ordered the [[Transport drone|Decepticons]] to attack. Witnessing Megatron strike down Orion and [[Elita One|Ariel]], another friend and Orion's girlfriend, Dion ran (seemingly straight towards the attacking Decepticon warriors for reasons unclear), but was quickly mowed down by a shot in his chest.

The time-traveling [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] carried Orion Pax to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] for repairs, and Dion's friend was rebuilt into Optimus Prime. Drones were sent back to retrieve Ariel, but Dion's fate is uncertain. {{storylink|War Dawn}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[Image:BattleLines1-DionOrionAriel.jpg|thumb|250px|Don't you hate it when your life is narrated by [[Side Burn (G1)|Side Burn]]?]]
In a similar but divergent timeline, Dion definitely survived Megatron's raid on [[storage yard 67]], but just barely. Once reactivated and rebuilt top to bottom (with the help of [[Cop-Tur (G1)|Cop-Tur]]), he was approached by [[Sentinel Major]] and [[Magnum]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}} Now fully knowledgeable of the extent of Megatron's evil, Dion signed away his life to the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]], believing he'd lost everything he'd known to war. Dion was assigned to [[Metalhawk]]'s team, he and determined to fight Decepticons by any means necessary.

Dion's new twin flame launchers utilize a "[[Reverse-Higgs mechanism]]" to "decouple energy from matter", which makes things very destructible. Though rebuilt, he can still modify his arms to accommodate the need to carry heavy objects, a skill he possessed as a dock worker. Unfortunately, his new shoulders kind of lock up, which restricts his arms' movement. {{storylink|Wings of Honor|Dion's Wings Universe profile}}

[[Image:ComingStorm2-Dion.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Nobody wants [[BotCon 2005]]'s Virulent Clones, not even Dion!]]

On Dion's first mission, he, his commander Metalhawk, and his teammates [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]] and [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] allied with [[Thunder Clash]]'s Elite Guard team to fight a plague of [[Virulent Clone]]s. Getting covered with [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] goop was not exactly what Dion had in mind for his first foray into action, but nevertheless the clones were defeated.

They all relaxed for a bit, until a call from [[Magnum]] bleeped over Thunder Clash's comm, informing them that Metalhawk's squad had to ferry Thunder Clash's squad to [[Space Port Bravo]] straightaway. Dion and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] helped load their gear onto the ''[[Hawk's Claw]]'', then they disembarked.

Once at the spaceport, the two squads bid their goodbyes. Kup told Dion that he'd make sure to share any stories he came across with the "lad". When Dion reacted to the nickname by pointing out Kup wasn't ''that'' much older, Kup said it was just the first time he got to meet a younger Elite Guard member.

After Thunder Clash's squad left, Dion's squad speculated where they'd end up next. The others expressed a wish for something quiet, and Dion teased them that ''he'' actually looked forward to getting to beat up Decepticons. When Over-Run chastised Dion's eagerness by asking if the younger bot had ever seen a Decepticon up close, Dion stalked off angrily, much to Over-Run and Ironfist's confusion.

The squad eventually reboarded their ship and headed to Elite Guard HQ. There they were highly praised for their performance by Magnum, and assigned to a new mission—assisting a [[Combaticon (G1)|new special ops team]] in attacks against the various [[Decepticon leader]]s. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}

Dion was unimpressed with [[Sentinel Major]]'s play-on-words: Combaticons "to ''Combat'' the Decepti''cons''", but let the matter drop as the two units reported to Comm Officer [[Big Bang]] for their next mission. The two teams were being assigned to a civilian historical dig in [[Median]] to assist in demolition and excavation, as part of Magnum's ongoing efforts to curry favor with the civilian council (and keep them from interfering in more serious Guard business).

The diplomatic cakewalk soon turned out to be anything but. The historians expected to be under siege soon by a gang of Decepticon wannabes, who wanted the prize of their research: an urn containing the [[Heart of the Dragon]]. According to uncovered data, the Heart was apparently a spark of unprecedented innate power, able to reformat any normal Cybertronian form it resided in into a living engine of destruction. Dion and the Elite Guard had been requested in order to bolster the meager defensive fortifications that Security Chief [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] had assembled for the historians.

As they prepped the outer wall for attack, Dion engaged in a little star-gazing, dreamily recollecting stories of the [[Covenant]] he had heard as a protoform, like when [[Leonicus]] and [[Sandstorm (BW)|Scorpius]] battled the dreaded [[ice demon]]. Dion drew a few funny looks from his comrades, though, when he started mumbling aloud about how cool Scorpius's fire-breath was. Once the Guard finished their preparations, they separated into two groups to settle in for the Decepticon attack. Dion was teamed with Metalhawk, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Over-Run, and the eager historian [[Lancer]] as the second front. After [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]'s team wasted [[Roadgrabber]], the Decepticons' advance striker, Dion's unit got the drop on [[Rage]] and the [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtrooper]]s who followed through after Roadgrabber. Rage surprised Metalhawk with his stasis chemical cannon, though, and the Stormtroopers swooped past Dion and the Guard once their leader was rendered inoperative.

The defense of Median turned into a fiasco after that, with casualties on both sides as the archaeometrist [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]] was killed by one of Rage's raiders, [[Aquablast]], who was killed in turn by Lancer. Rage got away with the Heart, though, and the Elite Guard soon tracked him back to his mobile fortress, the [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]. The Guard were assaulted by Rage's stable of [[Minotoron]]s, cybernetic mechanimals of great size and poor disposition. Dion came up with the idea of using the Tressian Kajiga-whatsits Swindle have scavenged earlier to overwhelm [[Buffalo Dump]] and the bulls with amplified sound. His plan was successful and the Minotorons were sent retreating back to the Metrotitan.

Thinking quickly, Dion, Swindle and Blast-Off lept into the rear pails of the fleeing mechanimals, gaining quick and easy access inside the Metrotitan. Using his duro lifters and booster units, Dion broke out of the pens and helped his fellow Autobots make their way inside. By this point, however, Rage had already installed the Heart of the Dragon's laser-core in a new body, birthing the powerful (if micro-sized) [[Brimstone (G1)|Brimstone]]. The Elite Guard played cat-and-mouse with the dragon inside Metrotitan until a combination of Ironfist's explosives cache and the dragon's own atom-smashing flame breath destroyed Brimstone from the inside out. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}

Dion's strike team continued to work with the Combaticons over the following weeks, and the two groups began to gel well together. After several successful missions, they separated after eliminating the Decepticon faction leader, [[Shadowcaster]]. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}} Immediately the Combaticons disappeared, and Dion's team was ordered to try to hunt them down wherever they may be. Their search took them into some very unglamorous places, which Dion felt was a waste of time. He complained to Metalhawk that their search in the wastelands was a waste of time, which his commander agreed with, but reminded him was nevertheless an order. It was then that the team was approached by a demented Empty which spoke cryptically of a "coming storm" where "rain will fall down" and the "thunder will deafen you" and where the "lightning will burn." After a bit of this, Dion's team grew weary of the Empty and left him.

[[Image:ComingStorm6-thelightning.jpg|thumb|300px|But who'll bring the potato salad?]]

But the Empty spoke true. Sentinel Major sent their team a distress call, as their Elite Guard headquarters was under attack. Metalhawk ordered his team back to base, where they met up with [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] on the outer skirts of the battle. He showed them a video feed of the battle's epicenter, where, bogglingly, the Combaticons had switched their allegiance to the Decepticons and had sieged the Elite Guard. Dion remarked that the group looked a little different than before, and, sure enough, the reason for this was revealed when the five Combaticons combined for the first time into the super robot [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], crushing Sentinel Major to death in his mighty fist. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

Metalhawk led Dion and the others deep into the battle to assist the dwindling members of the Elite Guard. Dodging the flung body of [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]], Dion finally made it to Bruticus, who was massacring his opponents. His teammates Over-Run and Ironfist met their end at his hands, which prompted Metalhawk to consider retreating and regrouping. Dion disagreed. He was a member of the Elite Guard! They fight and never retreat! He vaulted himself onto Bruticus in vehicle mode, transformed, and then repurposed the prophesy of the deranged Empty as he fired his arm-mounted weapons into the super robot's face: "While your boots ''may'' thunder, brute... I have the ''lightning''!" Bruticus was blinded, forcing the combiner to separate, but not before he swatted Dion away, under a collapsing building. While the Combaticons retreated, Dion removed himself from the detritus, the lone survivor. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

Following the massacre, Dion was repaired by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Paradron Medic]]. (Dion was unaware that his personal story was being used elsewhere [[Side Burn (G1)|by an imposter]] to pick up chicks.) When Dion regained functionality, he regrouped with the few surviving members of the Elite Guard under Magnum, who planned to present them all to the [[Autobot High Council]] as living proof that the Elite Guard still had life in it. Unfortunately, as soon as they arrived in the [[Autobot High Council Citadel|Citadel]], they were witness to the reins of the new Autobot military being given instead to the Council's pet hero, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}

Magnum took his team looking for [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s base, though Dion thought it felt like they were doing something illegal. They stopped off at the Elite Guard [[Auxiliary Weapons Locker]] for weapons and to pick up a few extra members. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} In short order, they found themselves under attack from Deathsaurus's troops, including the Combaticons. Thunder Clash told them to keep the Combaticons apart, something Dion thought was easier said than done. He was further perturbed when Swindle tried to sell him guns in mid-battle. As the Combaticons formed Bruticus, they were promptly blasted and Dion could only gape disbelievingly at {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} Ironfist, Big Bang, [[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]] and [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]. To Dion's delight, they'd survived the massacre at Elite Guard HQ. Once they joined the fight, Dion attempted to attack Swindle, only to be hit from behind by another Decepticon. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

Back at base, he, Big Bang and Thunder Clash wondered why the [[Gyronian Sentry|Gyronian Sentry Team]] hadn't arrived with the Combaticons yet, only to discover that the Sentry Team had been AWOL for the last decacycle. A week later, he interrupted a conversation between Magnum and Optimus Prime to report that the Decepticons were massing at the edge of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] city. He and the two commanders watched in shock as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] broke through the city wall. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

[[Image:BattleLines6-DionMagnum.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'm dyin' here!]]

Devastator advanced effortlessly through the Autobot Ranks. Dion was a quick thinker and suggested everyone aim at Devastator's knees. This separated the titan, and Magnum commended his excellent strategy, adding that some day Dion would be a "great Magnum." Even with Devastator down, the Autobots still had Megatron to deal with. With a blast of his fusion cannon, he destroyed Magnum and would have also destroyed Optimus Prime if Dion hadn't taken the shot for meant for him.

Though both Magnum and Dion fell, the Autobots were ultimately victorious. In the wake of their victory, Alpha Trion did what he could for Magnum and Dion, but he told Optimus Prime only one of them could survive their wounds. One died and the other was rebuilt into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}
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==Who is Dion?==
===Fan speculation===
[[Image:DieDionDie.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nobody ever suggests the purple guy got rebuilt. Poor purple guy.]]
Orion Pax and Ariel were rebuilt into Optimus Prime and Elita One respectively, so for decades many fans speculated that Dion was also rebuilt into a familiar character. However, there are no hints within the episode itself, other than that Dion was Orion's best friend. Regardless, the fandom loves its patterns, and thus the most popular suggestions are [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

Some think the debate is irrelevant, believing Dion most likely dead and inconsequential, and possibly a casualty that hit close to home in Optimus Prime's early years as [[Supreme Commander|Autobot leader]]. After all, no specific mention is made of him in the episode after he is shot, but Ariel is mentioned repeatedly.

The reason for this is that writer [[David Wise]] originally intended for both Ariel and Dion to die in order to add some weight to the episode. Upon reading the script for "War Dawn", colleagues of Wise made the connection between Ariel and Elita One (a character whom David Wise did not know of) as love interest of Orion Pax/Optimus Prime.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040806162116/iesb.net/collecting/collecting63004.htm Interview with David Wise]</ref> This saved Ariel's life in the final product, as it was an obvious idea to have her rebuilt into a soldier alongside Orion. Any similar connection for Dion was never made, though the resulting conclusion on his fate in the episode gets into the realm of [[authorial intent]].<ref name="Moonbase2">[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=553015 Moonbase2 interview with David Wise]</ref>

===Other continuities===
In later years, many unrelated or tangentially related [[Continuity|continuities]] would include nods and references to the [[personal canon|fan theories]] about Dion's ultimate fate:

* In the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'']] episode "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", it's stated that [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] built both [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], a likely nod to the Generation 1 cartoon.
* In the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|comic]] "[[New World Order]]", Ultra Magnus leads [[Security Team Dion]], another nod.
* In the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|comic]] [[Megatron Origin issue 3|''Megatron Origin'' #3]], a robot that is a hybrid of the "Orion Pax" and "Optronix" designs appears listening to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s speech at the funeral of [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]. Standing with him are Elita One, Alpha Trion, and a white version of himself. This may be a reference to the proposed Orion-Ariel-Dion/Optimus-Elita-Magnus identifications.
* In the Dreamwave ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' reference books it is mentioned in Alpha Trion's profile that he shares a "special bond" with both Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime. This is possibly a hint that he rebuilt Ultra Magnus as well, given that his bond with Optimus began when he rebuilt him and as a result, Optimus looked up to him as a father figure.

''However'', because all of these [[easter egg]]s take place in different continuities from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon series]], they are not directly relevant.

[[Image:BattleLines6-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oof.]]

Special mention should be made of the ''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' sub-franchise ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''. As the franchise's storyline occurs in a continuity that is "VERY similar to [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original G1 toon]], though it is different enough to allow us some leeway in the overall story telling,"<ref>[http://www.transformersclub.com/members/transforum/msgs.cfm?forum=22&msg=125826 Collectors' Club forum thread]</ref> it may have more relevance to the question of Dion's identity than other continuities. This story at first makes the wild assertion that Dion is... Dion. However, in "[[Battle Lines, Part 6]]", both Dion and another robot, Magnum, are killed, and the story leaves the question of which of the two would become Ultra Magnus ambiguous. As a result, the question of "Who is Dion?" becomes instead "Who is Ultra Magnus?" Well played, [[Fun Publications]], well played.

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===The official word===
In ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', an "Ask [[Vector Prime]]" section dealt with the problem by ducking the question. When asked if Dion was rebuilt into anyone, the enigmatic cosmic entity replied "Which Dion? Celine Dion? I loved ''[[Titanic]]''."

Twenty-five years after the episode aired, [[Hasbro]] weighed in on the question. When asked point-blank what Dion's fate was in an [[Hasbro Q&A|online Q&A]] session, their response included the following unequivocal statement: "Dion was never rebuilt into any other character."<ref>[http://www.tfviews.com/news/main/hasbro-q-and-a/1024 TFviews June 2010 Hasbro Transformers Q&A]</ref>

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Dion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Friend shot, left to rot; Ultra Magnus, he was not.]]
*'''Orion Pax''' (E-Hobby, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''67'''

: Dion is an ''extensively''-painted [[redeco]] of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Wheelie (G1)#Toys|Wheelie]], transforming into a yellow and blue Cybertronic car. His windshield and wheels are cast in transparent plastic, as opposed to the original toy's opaque gray plastic.

: He came packaged with Orion Pax and [[Roller (G1)|Barrelroller]] as part of an [[e-HOBBY]]-[[exclusive]] multi-pack.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Dion/dion.htm More information on Dion at TFU.info]
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/OrionPax/orionpax.htm Orion Pax at TFU.info] for the one sentence that makes up Dion's profile
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-Dion.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''FREE ORANGE HOT SHOT''']]
*'''Dion''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': Left & right tailpipe-cannons, 2 "flame" missiles

: Elite Guard Dion is a redeco of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)|Hot Rod]] (itself a retool of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Universe (2008)|Hot Shot]]) in orange and blue, transforming from a sleek Audi TT-like hot rod sports car into a fully poseable robot. He comes with "[[Micromaster]]" [[Cop-Tur (G1)|Cop-Tur]], a redeco of the [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] [[Mini-Con]] [[Jolt (Armada)#Universe (2008)|Jolt]], plus two springloaded flamethrowers. In robot mode, these flamethrowers can be mounted on his forearms or pegged into his fists. In vehicle mode, they plug under the vehicle as dual exhaust pipes. Cop-Tur can plug into the back of Dion's vehicle mode spoiler or on Dion's shoulder via his [[Mini-Con]] connection point.

:[[Image:Timelinestoy-Diondurolifters.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Dion doesn't have shoulder pain, but carpal tunnel.]]

:Dion's [[bio]] (though not his instructions) also officialized an extra feature originally conceived by fans while playing with the Hot Shot version of the figure: the two chunks of car kibble on his shoulders can be popped off and pegged into the holes in his forearms, creating a pair of "boxing glove"-like fist-weapons. In Dion's case, the bio identifies these as "duro-lifters" used for his warehouse work.

: Dion was free to all [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] members who joined before the end of [[March 16]]th 2010. He was the first club exclusive freebie to ditch the small Club Membership card in favor of a larger bio card more in line with those that accompany [[BotCon]] exclusives.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/TFCCDion/dion.htm More information on Dion at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dion''' (ダイオン ''Daion'')

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/dion.htm Dion at Obscure Transformers]

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Dion (G1)

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|prev=Multiplicity, Pt. 3
|next=No Exit
|image=DW Energon 29.jpg
|caption=Kicking tailpipe and taking names.
|title="Multiplicity, Pt. 4"
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]]
|date=[[November 17]], [[2004]]
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|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
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'''Megatron returns and single-handedly decimates the Terrorcon forces worldwide.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Toronto]], Hot Shot stares dumbfounded as Megatron begins his rampage against the flock of Divebombs. Megatron says little, just screaming "Ten years!" over and over as he decimates the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] ranks. Hot Shot reports it to Jetfire who seems skeptical, but Hoist says that even if it is Megatron he's just the edge they need to win. Thrust attempts to rejoin Megatron's side, but Megatron just slips through another portal in silence. In [[Tokyo]], Prowl witnesses Megatron's arrival and subsequent rampage amongst the Cruellock clones.

In [[Los Angeles]], the [[Autobot]]s are running out of energy in their fight against the Insecticon swarms. Meanwhile, Rad is flying over in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator]], a jet designed to collect and store latent [[Energon gas|energon vapors]].

On a sunny beach in [[Turkey]], Kicker walks away from the smoking remains of Sharkticon, angry about being a target for every Terrorcon who wants to use him as some sort of energon battery. Slugslinger and Mirage are baffled as to how it happened, muttering that all they were told was to bring Kicker back alive, and now he's registering as an enormous energon blob on their sensors. Kicker recharges the fallen [[Omnicon|Omnicons]], who immediately surround the pair and fire at them. Slugslinger and Mirage decide that the mission is a failure and take off, leaving Sharkticon to fend for himself.

In Tokyo, Megatron continues to obliterate the Cruellock clones, eventually pushing them to the point of retreat before he slips through another portal to Moscow to continue his assault, this time against the Battle Ravage packs. He continues to scream "Ten years!" and the Autobots are sending communications back and forth between the various cities reporting on Megatron's whereabouts and the subsequent retreat of all the Terrorcons.

The team in Los Angeles is suddenly assisted by the arrival of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]] and Rad in the EVA. He releases all of the energon vapors, recharging the Autobots and enabling them to fight back. But as Megatron teleports into the city, the last of the Terrorcons flee. Jetfire asks Megatron if he's done, and he says that it's a good start, but he's just warming up. He starts to leave again, but gives Jetfire one last message before he does: "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] sends his regards... from the belly of [[Unicron|the beast]]!"

In the [[Yukon]], Ironhide and company have just received the first Base Unit for the shield tower when Scorponok ambushes them. He easily takes out the Autobots, but is interrupted by the arrival of Megatron!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
* [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] (4)
* [[Beachcomber (Energon)|Beachcomber]] (5)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (6)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (9)
* [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]] (10)
* [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (11)
* [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (13)
* [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (25)
* [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] (26)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (27)
* [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]] (33)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (34)
* [[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]] (35)
* [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] (36)

'''Omnicons'''

* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (20)
* [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (22)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (23)
* [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] (24)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (7)
* [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] (18)
* [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] (19)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (21)

'''Terrorcons'''

* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Dive Bomb]] (3)
* [[Cruellock]] (8)
* [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] (12)
* [[Battle Ravage]] (28)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (37)

|c3=
* [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] (15)
* [[Rad White|Rad]] (16)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (17)
* [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] (19)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
* [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (14)
* [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (29)
* [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (30)
* [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (31)

}}
== Quotes ==
"'''''Ten Years!'''''" 
:—'''Megatron''' too often to count.

==Errors==
* Despite the laws of physics, it appears to be night time in Tokyo, Moscow, Los Angeles, and Toronto at the same time.
* Dropshot is miscolored in a blue, purple, and green color scheme when Scorponok assaults the Autobot base in the Yukon. It is likely the colorist used G1 [[Micromaster]] [[Dropshot (G1)|Dropshot]] as reference here.
* When Tow-Line and Cliffjumper are kicking ass, both of the doors on Tow-Line's shoulders are drawn so that it looks like he has a spark crystal/energon star port on both. He really should only have one on his left door.

==Notes==
* Readers' mail is answered by [[Matthew Hansen]].
* The [[Wavelengths]] page advertises ''Beast Wars'' and contains an article from the desk of [[Ernst Dabel]].

===Covers (1)===
* Megatron decimates the Terrorcons by [[Alex Milne]]

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* [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation_One|''Generation 1'' #12]]
* Dreamwave Pockets (''Duel Masters'' Vol. 1, ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', ''Energon'' Vol. 1 and 2, ''Megaman'' Vol. 1, ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe]]'')
* [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers.2FG.I._Joe:_Divided_Front|''Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front'' #3]]
* ''Killzone'' series
* [[Dynamic Forces]] exclusive covers
* [[No Exit|''Energon'' #30]]
* ''Warlands: Malagen's Campaign'' 5-page preview
* ''Killzone'' #1
* Transformers 20th Anniversary Megalitho
* ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' Vol. 2 TPB
* [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation_One|''Generation 1'' #11]]
* [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers.2FG.I._Joe:_Divided_Front|''Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front'' #2]]
* [[The Age of Wrath Pt.3|''The War Within: The Age of Wrath'' #3]]
* ''[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual|2004 Datatracks]]'' and "Optimus Prime Month" (back cover)

[[Category:Energon issues]]